Peptides, and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

A composition comprising a plurality of bioactive peptides including SEQUENCE ID NO&#39;s 555 and 701 is described. The composition may be a powder that is enriched in peptides having a molecular weight less than 10 KD. The bioactive peptides included in the composition have been found to have anti-inflammatory, glucose-transport promoting, and cellular growth promoting activities.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of European Application Nos. 15177103.8 filed Jul. 16, 2015; 15177017.9 filed Jul. 16, 2015; 15177018.7 filed Jul. 16, 2015; and 15177175.5 filed Jul. 16, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

SEQUENCE LISTING

The instant application contains a Sequence Listing which has been submitted electronically in ASCII format and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Said ASCII copy, created on Mar. 6, 2017, is named 048262-087760-US_SL.TXT and is 363,792 bytes in size.

STATEMENTS OF INVENTION

In a first aspect, the invention provides a peptide, typically having 4 to 50 amino acids, and comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO's 1 to 1312, or a variant or thereof (hereafter “peptide of the invention”).

In one embodiment, the peptide comprises (or consists of) an amino acid sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707, or a variant or fragment thereof, wherein the peptide typically has anti-inflammatory activity.

In one embodiment, the peptide comprises (or consists of) an amino acid sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701, or a variant or fragment thereof, wherein the peptide typically has cellular growth promoting activity.

In one embodiment, the peptide comprises (or consists of) an amino acid sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706, or a variant or fragment thereof, wherein the peptide typically has glucose transport promoting activity.

In one embodiment, the peptide comprises (or consists of) an amino acid sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654, or a variant or fragment thereof, wherein the peptide typically has anti-bacterial activity.

In one embodiment, the peptide of the invention comprises a sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO's: 1 to 1312.

In one embodiment, the peptide of the invention consists of a sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO's: 1 to 1312.

In one embodiment, the variant of the peptide has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% or 95% sequence homology with the reference peptide of the invention.

In one embodiment, the peptide of the invention is a modified peptide.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a composition comprising a peptide of the invention, or a variant or fragment thereof (hereafter “composition of the invention”).

In one embodiment, the composition comprises a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQUENCE ID NO: 41 or a variant thereof selected from SEQUENCE ID NO 706.

In one embodiment, the composition comprises a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQUENCE ID NO: 555 or a variant or fragment thereof selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 3, 170, 204, 213, 556, 558, 563.

In one embodiment, the composition comprises a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQUENCE ID NO: 701 or a variant or fragment thereof.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises a plurality of peptides of the invention selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 39, 152 to 410, 555 to 594, and 615 to 638.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises a plurality of peptides of the invention selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 5, 23, 22, 38, 39, 21, 258, 242, 261, 211, 222, 249, 235, 295, 283, 284, 216, 555 and 701. In one embodiment, the composition comprises at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the above-referenced peptides. In one embodiment, the composition comprises all of the above-referenced peptides.

In one embodiment, the composition comprises SEQUENCE ID NO's: 555 and 701, and one or more peptides (for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 peptides) selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 5, 23, 22, 38, 39, 21, 258, 242, 261, 211, 222, 249, 235, 295, 283, 284, 216.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises substantially all of the peptides of SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 39, 152 to 410, 555 to 594, and 615 to 638.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises a plurality of peptides of the invention selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 40 to 151, 411 to 549, 595 to 614 and 639 to 643.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises a plurality of peptides of the invention selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 74, 40, 41, 502, 496, 417, 467, 448, 452, 451, 443, 447, 480, 444, 245 and 246.

In one embodiment, the composition comprises at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the above-referenced peptides. In one embodiment, the composition comprises all of the above-referenced peptides.

In one embodiment, the composition comprises SEQUENCE ID NO: 41, and one or more peptides (for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 peptides) selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 74, 40, 502, 496, 417, 467, 448, 452, 451, 443, 447, 480, 444, 245 and 246.

In one embodiment, the composition of the invention comprises substantially all of the peptides of SEQUENCE ID NO'S 40 to 151, 411 to 549, 595 to 614 and 639 to 643.

In one embodiment, the composition is a powder. In one embodiment, the composition is a liquid. In one embodiment, the liquid has a pH between 5 and 9, preferably between 6 and 8, and ideally about 7. In one embodiment, the composition is a cream. In one embodiment, the cream has a pH between 5 and 9, preferably between 6 and 8, and ideally about 7.

In one embodiment, the composition is enriched in peptides having a molecular weight of less than 10 KD. This means that the weight % of peptides in the powder having a MW of less than 10KD is greater than the weight % of peptides in the powder having a weight of greater than 10 KD. Such a composition does not exist in nature. In one embodiment, the composition is depleted in cellular debris.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a food product comprising a composition of the invention, in which the composition is optionally in powder form.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a personal care product comprising a composition of the invention, in which the composition is optionally in powder form.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical product comprising a composition of the invention, in which the composition is optionally in powder form.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a nutritional or dietary supplement comprising a composition of the invention, in which the composition is optionally in powder form.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a topical composition comprising a composition of the invention, in which the composition of the invention is optionally in powder form.

The invention also relates to a comestible product comprising a peptide of the invention. Preferably the comestible product is man-made.

Preferably, the comestible product is a food product for human or animal (mammalian) consumption.

In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a beverage. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a bakery product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a dairy product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a snack product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a baked extruded food product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is powdered milk. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is an infant formula product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a confectionary product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a yoghurt. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a yoghurt drink. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is an ice cream product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a frozen food product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a breakfast cereal. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a bread. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a flavoured milk drink. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a confectionary bar. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a tea or tea product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a based extruded snack product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a fried snack product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a nutritional supplement. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a sports nutritional product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a baby food product. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a speciality food product for immunocompromised individuals. In one embodiment the man-made comestible product is a food for geriatric patients.

The invention also relates to a man-made personal care product comprising a peptide of the invention.

The invention also relates to a man-made personal care product comprising a composition of peptides of the invention.

In one embodiment, the personal care product is formulated for topical delivery to the skin of a human.

In one embodiment the personal care product is a skincare product. In one embodiment the personal care product is a haircare product. In one embodiment the personal care product is a dentrifice product. In one embodiment the personal care product is a perfumery product. In one embodiment the personal care product is a deodorant product. In one embodiment the personal care product is an anti-perspirant product. In one embodiment the personal care product is a soap. In one embodiment the personal care product is a liquid soap. In one embodiment the personal care product is a cream. In one embodiment the personal care product is a lotion. In one embodiment the personal care product is a gel. In one embodiment the personal care product is a powder.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of inflammation, or an inflammatory disorder, in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from, or the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from, SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

In one embodiment the inflammation is symptomatic inflammation.

In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is an inflammatory disorder of the joints. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is an inflammatory disorder of the cardiovascular system. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is an autoimmune disease. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is a lung and airway inflammatory disorder. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is an intestinal inflammatory disorder. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is dermatitis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is acne vulgaris. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is psoriasis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is rheumatoid arthritis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is atherosclerosis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Type I diabetes.

In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Graves disease. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Guillain-Barre disease. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Lupus. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Psoriatic arthritis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is Ulcerative colitis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is asthma. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is cystic fibrosis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is COPD. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is emphysema. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is acute respiratory distress syndrome. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is colitis. In one embodiment the inflammatory disorder is inflammatory bowel disease.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of pain in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of pain in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from, SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from, SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is pre-diabetes. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is diabetes. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is Type-1 diabetes. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is Type-2 diabetes. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is metabolic syndrome. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is obesity. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is diabetic dyslipidemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hyperlipidemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hypertension. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hypertriglyceridemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hyperfattyacidemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hypercholerterolemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is hyperinsulinemia. In one embodiment, the metabolic disorder is MODY.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in maintaining or restoring gut health in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in maintaining or restoring gut health in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from, SEQUENCE ID NO'S 1 to 151 and 707.

Such peptides can be used in personal care, supplement, food and pharmaceutical products to treat and maintain healthy levels of inflammation throughout the body. The present invention is concerned with the huge need for food-derived specific peptides and peptide compositions that reduces inflammation in a way that is able to be processed by the body without completely blocking the immune response and causing autoimmune issues and other undesirable side effects. The invention may ultimately help the 2 billion people suffering from inflammation. The invention also relates to a man-made wound treatment composition comprising a peptide of the invention. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701. The invention also relates to a man-made wound treatment composition comprising a composition of the invention. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from, SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701. Typically, the wound treatment composition is formulated for topical application to a wound. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a cream, gel, lotion, powder.

The invention also relates to a plaster, bandage or dressing suitable for application to a wound and comprising a peptide or composition of the invention. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a man-made cell culture media comprising a peptide of the invention. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701. The invention also relates to a man-made cell culture media comprising a composition of the invention. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701. In one embodiment, the cell culture media is formulated for culture of eukaryotic cells. In one embodiment, the cell culture media is formulated for culture of prokaryotic cells.

The invention also relates to a plaster, bandage or dressing suitable for application to a wound and comprising a peptide or composition of the invention.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of a cell. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of a cell culture. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of a tissue. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of dermal or epithelial tissue. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO's 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of skin. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of an organ. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting growth of an organism. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of a cell. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of a cell culture. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of a tissue. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of epithelial tissue. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of skin. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of an organ. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting growth of an organism. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

In one embodiment, the cell, tissue or organism has a normal pathology (for example ageing skin). In one embodiment of the invention, the cell, tissue or skin has abnormal pathology (for example tissue damaged due to trauma, drug use, or epithelial tissue in the GI tract damaged due to an inflammatory disorder).

The growth promoting uses may be in-vivo or in-vitro uses. The growth promoting uses may involve administration to mammal externally (i.e. to the skin) or internally (i.e. to the GI tract).

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in slowing or inhibiting ageing of human skin. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a method of slowing or inhibiting ageing of human skin comprising a step of administering a peptide of the invention to the human skin. Typically, the peptide of the invention is administered topically to the skin. Administration may be by means of a plaster or patch or a formulation suitable for topical application. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in slowing or inhibiting ageing of human skin. The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in preventing or slowing ageing of the human skin. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a method of slowing or inhibiting ageing of human skin comprising a step of administering a composition of the invention to the human skin. Typically, the composition of the invention is administered topically to the skin. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment of a wound in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment of a wound in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a wound treatment composition or product of the invention for use in treatment of a wound in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by damaged epithelial cells or tissue. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by damaged dermal or epithelial cells or tissue. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 152 to 554 and 655 to 701.

In one embodiment, the disease or condition characterised by damaged dermal or epithelial cells or tissue is selected from cancer, trauma

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in improving muscle status in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in improving muscle status in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in promoting recovery of muscle, typically following exercise. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in promoting recovery of muscle, typically following exercise. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in maintaining or restoring muscle health (for example lean tissue mass) in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in maintaining or restoring muscle health (for example lean tissue mass) in a mammal. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in enhancing physical performance. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a composition of the invention for use in enhancing physical performance. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by lethargy or low energy levels. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by lethargy or low energy levels. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 555 to 614 and 702 to 706.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use in treating or preventing a bacterial infection in a mammal. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as an antimicrobial or antibacterial agent. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as a preservative. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654 . In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as a preservative in a perishable product, such as a food product or a personal care composition. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as an anti-bacterial agent in a personal care composition. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as an anti-bacterial agent in a household cleaning product. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use as a plant biocidal agent. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a peptide of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by a bacterial infection. The invention also relates to a composition of peptides of the invention for use in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by a bacterial infection. In one embodiment, the bacterial infection is a MRSA infection. In one embodiment, the peptide is selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654. In one embodiment, the composition comprises one or more peptides selected from SEQUENCE ID NO'S 615 to 643 and 644 to 654.

The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide of the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a composition of peptides of the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The invention also relates to a comestible product, for example a food product comprising a composition of the invention, for example a dairy or non-dairy product, a solid food or a beverage, a food additive or supplement. The dairy product may be a milk, a cheese, or yoghurt. In one embodiment, the food product is a snack bar. The food product may comprise any amount of the composition of the invention, for example from 0.1% to 30% (w/w).

The food product may be a Food for Specific Medicinal Purposes (FSMP) which is defined as foods that are specifically formulated, processed and intended for the dietary management of diseases, disorders or medical conditions of individuals who are being treated under medical supervision. These foods are intended for the exclusive or partial feeding of people whose nutritional requirements cannot be met by normal foods.

The invention also relates to a conjugate comprising a peptide of the invention conjugated to a binding partner. The binding partner may be selected from a drug, an agent to increase the lipophilicity of the conjugate, or an agent to prolong the plasma half-life of the peptide of the invention. In one embodiment, the peptide is modified to facilitate covalent bonding between the peptide and the binding partner.

The peptides of the invention are used in the topical cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition of this invention at cosmetically or pharmaceutically effective concentrations to achieve the desired effect; in a preferred form with regards to the total weight of the composition, between 0.00000001% (in weight) and 20% (in weight); preferably between 0.000001% (in weight) and 15% (in weight), more preferably between 0.0001% (in weight) and 10% (in weight) and even more preferably between 0.0001% (in weight) and 5% (in weight). Ideally, the peptides of the present invention are preferably used from about 0.00001% w/w to about 0.5% w/w [0.1 to 5000 ppm], and more preferably from 0.00005 w/w to about 0.05 w/w [0.5 to 500 ppm], and most preferably from about 0.0001 w/w to about 0.01 w/w of the composition [1 to 100 ppm]. Ideally, the peptides of the present invention are preferably used from about 0.0001% w/w to about 0.004% w/w of the composition.

For compositions of peptides of the invention, a typical daily dosage may be 0.2g to 100g. However, when administered as a food for special medicinal purpose, or medical food, the daily dosage may be 50-500g per day.

The dosage of compositions of the invention for use in food products and food supplements (i.e. comestible compositions) will be broadly in the 0.2-100 g/day range. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is 1-10 g/day, ideally about 3-8 g/day. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is 10-20 g/day. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is 20-30 g/day. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is 30-40 g/day. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is 10-100 g/day. In one embodiment, the daily dosage is about 5 g/day, ideally about 3-8 g/day. In one embodiment, the dosage is 2-1000 mg/day/kg body weight. In one embodiment, the dosage is 10-500 mg/day/kg body weight. In one embodiment, the dosage is 10-100 mg/day/kg body weight. In one embodiment, the dosage is 30-70 mg/day/kg body weight.

The invention also provides topical composition comprising a peptide of the invention. It will be appreciated that the topical composition may comprise a plurality of peptides, fragments and/or variants. In one embodiment, the topical composition comprises substantially all the peptides. In one embodiment, the topical composition comprises substantially all the variants.

The topical composition of the invention may be presented in a formulation selected from the group comprising creams, multiple emulsions, anhydrous compositions, aqueous dispersions, oils, milks, balsams, foams, lotions, gels, cream gels, hydro-alcoholic solutions, hydro-glycolic solutions, cosmetic, personal care product, hydrogels, liniments, sera, soaps, dusting powder, paste, semi solid formulations, liniments, serums, shampoo, conditioner, ointments, any rinse off formulation, talc, mousses, powders, sprays, aerosols, solutions, suspensions, emulsions, syrups, elixirs, polysaccharide films, patches, gel patches, bandages, an adhesive system, water-in-oil emulsions, oil-in-water emulsions, and silicone emulsions.

In an embodiment of the current invention, the emulsion contains a lipid or oil. The emulsion may be, but is not limited to, oil-in-water, water-in-oil, water-in-oil-in-water and oil-in-water-in-silcone emulsions. The emulsion may contain a humectant. The emulsion may contain an anti-foaming agent, such as silicone. The emulsion may have any suitable viscosity. Emulsions may further contain an emulsifier and/or an anti-foaming agent. Methods of preparing an emulsion are known to a person skilled in the art.

The topical composition of the invention may be incorporated into a medical device for administration. Such a device can include but is not limited to a fabric, patch, bandage, gauge, sock, tight, underwear, dressing, glove, mask, adhesive patches, non-adhesive patches, occlusive patches and microelectric patches or suitable adhesive system. In such an embodiment, the device is in direct contact with the keratinous layer such as the skin, thus releasing the peptides of the invention. It will be understood that the topical composition may be incorporated in any suitable form as detailed herein. For example, the topical composition or peptides of the invention can be incorporated into the device or be present on the surface of the device or can be in a cream, gel or wax formulation or any suitable formulation defined herein and incorporated into the device or on the surface of the device.

The device may be adapted for adhesion or attachment to the skin.

In one embodiment the device is adapted to release a constant quantity of the composition or the peptides of the invention. It will be understood that the amount of the composition contained in the sustained release system will depend, for example, on where the composition is to be administered, the kinetics and duration of the release of the composition of the invention, as well as the nature of the condition, disorder and/or disease to be treated and/or cared for. The device may be such that the composition is released by biodegradation of the device, or by friction between the device and the body, due to bodily moisture, the skin's pH or body temperature.

In an embodiment of the invention the topical composition may further comprise at least one cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Excipient may be used interchangeably with functional ingredient or additive. It will be understood that although the topical compositions of the current invention can be administered alone, they will generally be administered in admixture with a cosmetic or pharmaceutical excipient. Cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable excipient are well known in the art and any known excipient, may be used provided that it is suitable for topical administration and is dermatologically acceptable without undue toxicity, incompatibility and/or allergic reaction.

Preferably any excipient included is present in trace amounts. The amount of excipient included will depend on numerous factors, including the type of excipient used, the nature of the excipient, the component(s) of the topical composition, the amount of active or peptide in the topical composition and/or the intended use of the topical composition. The nature and amount of any excipient should not unacceptably alter the benefits of the peptides of this invention.

In an embodiment of the invention the excipient may be a suitable diluent, carrier, binder, lubricant, suspending agent, coating agent, preservative, stabilisers, dyes, vehicle, solubilising agent, base, emollient, emulsifying agent, fragrance, humectant, and/or surfactants.

Examples of suitable diluents include, but are not limited to, any diluent disclosed in disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. Examples include ethanol, glycerol and water. Examples of suitable carriers include, but are not limited to, lactose, starch, glucose, methyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, sorbitol and any suitable carrier disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of suitable binders include, but are not limited to, starch, gelatin, natural sugars such as glucose, anhydrous lactose, free-flow lactose, beta-lactose, corn sweeteners, natural and synthetic gums, such as acacia, tragacanth or sodium alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose and polyethylene glycol and any suitable binder disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of suitable lubricants include, but are not limited to, sodium oleate, sodium stearate, magnesium stearate, sodium benzoate, sodium acetate, and sodium chloride and any suitable lubricant disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

The carrier may be any suitable carried known in the art or disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. In some embodiments, the carrier may include, but is not limited to, a liquid, such as water, oils or surfactants, including those of petroleum, animal, plant or synthetic origin, polymer, oil, such as peanut oil, mineral oil, castor oil, soybean oil, alcohol, polysorbates, sorbitan esters, ether sulfates, sulfates, betaines, glycosides, maltosides, fatty alcohols, nonoxynols, poloxamers, polyoxyethylenes, polyethylene glycols, dextrose, glycerol, or digitonin. It will be understood that the carrier will be dermatologically acceptable. Preferred carriers contain an emulsion such as oil-in-water, water-in-oil, water-in-oil-in-water and oil-in-water-in-silicone emulsions. Emulsions may further contain an emulsifier and/or an anti-foaming agent.

In an embodiment of the invention, the topical composition may further comprise one or more additional ingredients. The topical composition of the invention may be administered consecutively, simultaneously or sequentially with the one or more other additional agents. Such additional ingredients may be those of benefit to include in a topical composition, or of benefit depending on the intended use of the topical composition. The additional ingredient may be active or functional or both.

Examples of such additional ingredients include, but are not limited to, one or more of cleaning agents, conditioning agents, sunscreen, pigment, moisturiser, thickening agents, gelling agents, essential oil, astringents, pigments, anti-caking agent, anti-foaming agent, binders, additives, buffers, chelating agents, external analgesics, film formers or materials, bulking agents, polymers, opacifying agents, pH adjusters, propellants, reducing agents, sequestrants, skin bleaching and lightening agents, skin conditioning agents, aloe vera, healing agents, soothing agents, smoothing agents, pantothenic acid, treating agents, thickeners, vitamins. colourants, pharmaceuticals, antiseptic agents, antifoaming agents, buffering agents, astringents, polymers, pH adjuster, deodorant or any other dermatologically acceptable carrier or surfactant.

It is to be understood that additional ingredients listed may provide more than one benefit. The classification given herein is for clarity and convenience only and not intended to limit the additional ingredient to that particular application or category listed.

Any additional ingredients should be suitable for application to the skin without undue toxicity, incompatibility and/or allergic reaction.

In some embodiments, the additional ingredient has glucose transport activity or aids glucose transport activity. In some embodiments, the additional ingredient has anti-inflammatory activity or aids anti-inflammatory activity. In some embodiments, the additional ingredient has anti-aging activity or aids anti-aging activity. In some embodiments, the additional ingredient is for keratinous layer health and/or development, skin health and/or development, and/or muscle health, recovery and/or development. The active agent may be a pharmacological enhancer. Such active agents are known and available on the market. In such cases, the topical composition of the invention may be administered consecutively, simultaneously or sequentially with the one or more other active agents.

In some embodiments, the additional ingredient may be farnesol ([2E, 6E], -3,7,11,-trimethyl-2, 6, 10,dodecatrien-1-ol), phytantriol (3, 7, 11, 15, tetramethylhexadecane-1,2,3,-triol), desquamation actives, enzymes, enzyme inhibitors, enzyme activators, botanical extracts and marine extracts, anti-acne actives, anti-wrinkle or anti atrophy actives, anti-oxidant/radical scavengers, chelators, flavonoids, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-cellulite agents, topical anaesthetics, tanning actives, skin lightening agents, skin healing agents, bisabolol, antimicrobial or antifungal active, sunscreen actives, particulate material, conditioning agents, structuring agents, thickening agent,

The desquamation active may be any suitable agent that enhances the skin appearance or texture of the skin and is as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of anti-acne actives are as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and include, resorcinol, salicylic acid, erythromycin, zine, sulfur, benzoyl peroxides.

Examples of thickening agents are as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and include carboxylic acid polymers, crosslinked polyacrylate polymers, polyacrylamide polymers, polysaccharides.

Examples of conditioning agents are as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and include humectants, moisturiser or skin conditioner.

Examples of structuring agents are as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and include any agent that provide rheological characteristics to the composition and contributes to the stability of the composition.

Any suitable antimicrobial or antifungal active may be used and examples are as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. Such actives are capable of destroying microbes, preventing growth or action of microbes. Examples include but are not limited to β-lactam drugs, quinolone drugs, tetracycline, erythromycin, streptomycin sulfate, salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide.

Examples of a particulate material include metallic oxide. Examples of anti-cellulite agents include xanthine agents. Examples of tanning actives includes 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propanone and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. Examples of topical anaesthetics include benzocaine, lidocaine and bupivacaine and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. Examples of skin lightening agents include any agent known in the art such as kojic acid, ascorbic acid and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of sunscreen actives include any suitable organic or inorganic sunscreen active. Examples include metallic oxides, 2-ethylhexyl-p-methoxycinnamate and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of skin healing agents includes panthenoic acid as disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of anti-inflammatory agents include any agent that enhances the skin appearance, tone or colour and include but are not limited to corticosteroids, hydrocortisone, non-steroidal agents such as ibuprofen and aspirin and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of flavonoids includes flavanones, methoxy flavonones, unsubstituted chalcone and mixtures thereof and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667.

Examples of enzymes include lipases, proteases, catalase, super oxide-dismutase, amylase, peroxidase, glucuronidase, ceramidases, hyaluronidases. Examples of enzyme inhibitors include trypsine inhibitors, Bowmann Birk inhibitors, chymotrypsin inhibitors, botanical extracts, flavonoids, quercetin chalcone and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and mixtures thereof. Examples of enzyme activators include coenzyme A, Q10 (ubiquinone), glycyrrhizin, berberine, chrysin and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and mixtures thereof.

Examples of anti-wrinkle or anti atrophy actives include sulfur containing D and L amino acids, particular, N-acyl derivatives such as N-acetyl-L-cysteine, hydroxyl acids, phytic acid, lipoic acid, lysophosphatidic acid, skin peel agents, vitamin B3, retinoids and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and mixtures thereof.

The anti-oxidant/radical scavenger agent may be any agent that is useful for providing protection against UV radiation or other environmental agents which may cause skin damage such as those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667. Examples of anti-oxidant/radical scavengers include ascorbic acid, its salts and derivatives (vitamin C), tocopherol its salts and derivatives (vitamin E), butylated hydroxyl benzoic acids and their salts, peroxides, gallic acids and alkyl esters, sorbic acid, lipoic acid, amines, lycine pidolate, arginine pilolate, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, bioflavonoids, curcumin, lysine, methionine, proline, superoxide dismutase, silymarin, tea extracts and mixtures thereof.

Examples of chelators include EDTA, NTA, hydoxamic acids, phytic acid, lactoferrin and those disclosed in US2014120131 or US2004132667 and mixtures thereof. A chelator means an agent capable of removing a metal ion by forming a complex so that the metal ion cannot participate in or catalyse chemical reactions. A chelator is useful for protection against UV radiation or other environmental agents that can cause skin damage.

It will be appreciated that a plurality of additional ingredients may be added. The amount of the additional ingredient may be from about 0.001% to about 50% weight of the composition, preferably, about 0.01% to about 20%, preferably about 0.1% to about 10%, about 0.5% to about 10%, about 1% to about 5%, preferably 2% weight of the composition. The amount of additional ingredient included will depend on numerous factors, including the type of additional ingredient used, the nature of the additional ingredient, the component(s) of the topical composition, the amount of active or peptide in the topical composition and/or the intended use of the topical composition. The nature and amount of any additional ingredient should not unacceptably alter the benefits of the peptides of this invention.

The topical composition may be alcohol free.

In some embodiments of the invention, the composition further comprises one or more additional active agents, in addition to the peptide of the invention (also known as the active of the composition). In addition, or alternatively, the composition may be administered with one or more other additional active agents. Typical said additional active agent is present in trace amounts only. In some embodiments, there may be no additional active agent present in the composition. The amount of additional active agent included will depend on numerous factors, including the type of additional active agent used, the nature of the additional active agent, the component(s) of the topical composition, the amount of active or peptide in the topical composition and/or the intended use of the topical composition. The nature and amount of any additional active agent should not unacceptably alter the benefits of the peptides of this invention.

It is to be understood that an ingredient that is considered to be an “active” ingredient in one product may be a “functional” or “excipient” ingredient in another and vice versa. It will also be appreciated that some ingredients play a dual role as both an active ingredient and as a functional or excipient ingredient.

Examples of the additional active agents include glucose transport promoting drugs, skin supplement, agent for treatment and/or care of the skin, anti-inflammatory agent, an anti-aging agent, a cellular growth promoting agent and pharmacological enhancers. Such agents are well known in the art and it will be appreciated that any suitable additional active agent may be used. Additional active agents for treatment and/or care of the skin may include collagen synthesis agents, retinoids, exfoliating agents, anti-cellulite agents, elastase inhibiting agents, melanin synthesis stimulating or inhibiting agents, self-tanning agents, antiaging agents, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, fungistatic agents, bactericidal agents, and healing agents. Active agents also include anti-inflammatory agents.

Any additional active agent should be suitable for application to the skin without undue toxicity, incompatibility and/or allergic reaction.

It will be understood that the classification given herein is for clarity and convenience only and not intended to limit the additional ingredient, excipient, or active to that particular application or category listed.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the methods and uses of the invention involve administration of a peptide or composition of the invention in combination with one or more other active agents, for example, existing growth promoting drugs or pharmacological enhancers available on the market. In such cases, the compounds of the invention may be administered consecutively, simultaneously or sequentially with the one or more other active agents.

The effect of the current invention is accomplished by topical application or administration of the topical composition of the invention described herein to a person, animal or a patient in need of treatment or care. Topical delivery preferably means delivery to a keratinous layer such as the skin, hair and/or nails, but can also mean delivery to a body lumen lined with epithelial cells, for example the lungs or airways, the gastrointestinal tract, the buccal cavity. The effect may be confined to the surface of the skin or may be within the skin or a combination of both.

The topical composition of the invention is administered in a cosmetically or pharmaceutically effective amount. In other words, in an amount that is non-toxic but sufficient amount to provide the desired effect. It will be appreciated that a person skilled in the art would be capable of determining an appropriate dose of the topical compositions of the invention to administer without undue experimentation. Alternatively, a physician will determine the actual dose that is most suitable for a patient depending on the particular condition, disease or disorder to be treated or cared for and the age, body weight and/or health of the person. It will depend on a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the individual undergoing therapy. There can, of course, be individual instances where higher or lower dosage ranges are merited, and such are within the scope of this invention. For example, the composition may be administered at a dose of from 0.01 to 50 mg/kg body weight, such as from 0.1 to 30 mg/kg, more preferably from 0.1 to 20 mg/kg body weight, more preferably from 0.1 to 10 mg/kg body weight, preferably 0.1 to 5mg/kg body weight. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more doses of 10 to 300 mg/day or more preferably, 10 to 150 mg/day, will be administered to the patient. The amount and the frequency is as best suited to the purpose. The frequency of application or administration can vary greatly, depending on the needs of each subject, with a recommendation of an application or administration range from once a month to ten times a day, preferably from once a week to four times a day, more preferably from three times a week to three times a day, even more preferably once or twice a day.

In preferred embodiments, repeated use of the topical composition is provided.

The topical composition may be applied by, but not limited to, rubbing, or massaging into the keratinous tissue, skin or area of the body to be treated or cared for. In some embodiments, the composition is left on or not removed from the area of the body. In other embodiments, the composition is removed after a period of time, such as, but not limited to, from about 2 minutes to 60 minutes, from about 5 minutes to about 30 minutes, preferably from about 10 minutes to about 20 minutes. The composition may be removed immediately after application. In some embodiments of the current invention, the composition of the invention may be applied to an area to be treated by means to achieve a greater penetration of the composition and/or peptide of the invention, such as, but not limited to, iontophoresis, sonophoresis, electroporation, microelectric patches, mechanical pressure, osmotic pressure gradient, occlusive cure, microinjections or needle-free injections by means of pressure, such as injections by oxygen pressure, or any combination thereof.

The peptides of the invention are used in the topical cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition of this invention at cosmetically or pharmaceutically effective concentrations to achieve the desired effect; in a preferred form with regards to the total weight of the composition, between 0.00000001% (in weight) and 20% (in weight); preferably between 0.000001% (in weight) and 15% (in weight), more preferably between 0.0001% (in weight) and 10% (in weight) and even more preferably between 0.0001% (in weight) and 5% (in weight).

In some embodiments of the current invention, the composition may be delivered via any one of liposomes, mixed liposomes, oleosomes, niosomes, ethosomes, millicapsules, capsules, macrocapsules, nanocapsules, nanostructured lipid carriers, sponges, cyclodextrins, vesicles, micelles, mixed micelles of surfactants, surfactant-phospholipid mixed micelles, millispheres, spheres, lipospheres, particles, nanospheres, nanoparticles,milliparticles, solid nanopartciles as well as microemulsions including water-in-oil microemulsions with an internal structure of reverse micelle and nanoemulsions microspheres, microparticles.

A variety of methods are available for preparing liposomes. See, e.g., Szoka et al., Ann. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 9:467 (1980), U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,186,183, 4,217,344, 4,235,871, 4,261,975, 4,485,054, 4,501,728, 4,774,085, 4,837,028, 4,235,871, 4,261,975, 4,485,054, 4,501,728, 4,774,085, 4,837,028, 4,946,787, PCT Publication No. WO 91/17424, Deamer & Bangham, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 443:629-634 (1976); Fraley, et al., PNAS 76:3348-3352 (1979); Hope et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 812:55-65 (1985); Mayer et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 858:161-168 (1986); Williams et al., PNAS 85:242-246 (1988); Liposomes (Ostro (ed.), 1983, Chapter 1); Hope et al., Chem. Phys. Lip. 40:89 (1986); Gregoriadis, Liposome Technology (1984) and Lasic, Liposomes: from Physics to Applications (1993)). Suitable methods include, for example, sonication, extrusion, high pressure/homogenization, microfluidization, detergent dialysis, calcium-induced fusion of small liposome vehicles and ether fusion methods, all of which are well known in the art.

These delivery systems may be adapted to achieve a greater penetration of the compound and/or peptides of the invention. This may improve pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics properties. The delivery system may be a sustained release system wherein the compound or peptide of the invention is gradually released during a period of time and preferably with a constant release rate over a period of time. The delivery systems are prepared by methods known in the art. The amount of peptide contained in the sustained release system will depend on where the composition is to be delivered and the duration of the release as well as the type of the condition, disease and/or disorder to be treated or cared for.

The topical composition of the invention may be for human or animal usage in human and veterinary medicine.

The topical composition of the invention may be used for pharmaceutical, personal care and/or cosmetic uses.

The composition can be used to treat or care for any disease, disorder or condition of the skin, including but not limited to, psoriasis, dermatitis, allergic dermatitis, eczema, spongiosis, edema, skin cancer, ulcers, acne, scars, cellulitis, elastosis, keratosis, rosacea, varicose veins, inflammatory disorders.

The topical composition may be used to for treating or caring for visible signs of aging including but not limited to wrinkles, stretch marks and dark circles, dryness, fine lines, age spots, red blotches, sagging skin, and conditions caused by sun exposure including sunburn, stress, pollution and/diet. The topical composition may also be used for delaying, slowing or inhibiting the skins or the onset of aging. The composition may be administered by a medical device, such as a plaster or a patch as described herein.

The topical composition may be used to treat or care for a wound in a mammal. In another embodiment, the topical composition is for use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by damaged epithelial cells or tissue, and/or damaged dermal or epithelial cells or tissue. The disease may be but is not limited to cancer and trauma.

The topical composition may be used to treat or care for any muscle condition, to improve, muscle status in a mammal, to promote recovery of muscle, typically following exercise, to maintain or restore muscle health (for example lean tissue mass) in a mammal, to enhance physical performance, in treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterised by lethargy or low energy levels.

The topical composition may be used to promote growth of a tissue, promote growth of epithelial tissue, promote growth of skin, promote growth of an organ, promote growth of an organism. The skin can have a normal pathology and/or an abnormal pathology.

The topical composition may also be used to treat or care for any inflammatory disorder.

A further aspect of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide of the invention or a composition of peptides of the invention, admixed with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable diluents, excipients or carriers. Even though the peptides and compositions of the present invention can be administered alone, they will generally be administered in admixture with a pharmaceutical carrier, excipient or diluent, particularly for human therapy. The pharmaceutical compositions may be for human or animal usage in human and veterinary medicine. Examples of such suitable excipients for the various different forms of pharmaceutical compositions described herein may be found in the “Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 2nd Edition, (1994), Edited by A Wade and P J Weller. In particular, formulations for topical delivery are described in Topical drug delivery formulations edited by David Osborne and Antonio Aman, Taylor & Francis, the complete contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Acceptable carriers or diluents for therapeutic use are well known in the pharmaceutical art, and are described, for example, in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co. (A. R. Gennaro edit. 1985). Examples of suitable carriers include lactose, starch, glucose, methyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, sorbitol and the like. Examples of suitable diluents include ethanol, glycerol and water. The choice of pharmaceutical carrier, excipient or diluent can be selected with regard to the intended route of administration and standard pharmaceutical practice. The pharmaceutical compositions may comprise as, or in addition to, the carrier, excipient or diluent any suitable binder(s), lubricant(s), suspending agent(s), coating agent(s), solubilising agent(s). Examples of suitable binders include starch, gelatin, natural sugars such as glucose, anhydrous lactose, free-flow lactose, beta-lactose, corn sweeteners, natural and synthetic gums, such as acacia, tragacanth or sodium alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose and polyethylene glycol. Examples of suitable lubricants include sodium oleate, sodium stearate, magnesium stearate, sodium benzoate, sodium acetate, sodium chloride and the like. Preservatives, stabilizers, dyes and even flavouring agents may be provided in the pharmaceutical composition. Examples of preservatives include sodium benzoate, sorbic acid and esters of p hydroxybenzoic acid. Antioxidants and suspending agents may be also used. The peptide or composition of the invention may be adapted for topical, oral, rectal, parenteral, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intra-arterial, intrabronchial, subcutaneous, intradermal, intravenous, nasal, vaginal, buccal or sublingual routes of administration. For oral administration, particular use is made of compressed tablets, pills, tablets, gellules, drops, and capsules. Preferably, these compositions contain from 1 to 250 mg and more preferably from 10-100 mg, of active ingredient per dose. Other forms of administration comprise solutions or emulsions which may be injected intravenously, intra-arterial, subcutaneously, intradermally, intraperitoneally or intramuscularly, and which are prepared from sterile or sterilisable solutions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may also be in form of suppositories, vaginal rings, pessaries, suspensions, emulsions, lotions, ointments, creams, gels, sprays, solutions or dusting powders. The composition of the invention may be formulated for topical delivery. Topical delivery generally means delivery to the skin, but can also mean delivery to a body lumen lined with epithelial cells, for example the lungs or airways, the gastrointestinal tract, the buccal cavity. In particular, formulations for topical delivery are described in Topical drug delivery formulations edited by David Osborne and Antonio Aman, Taylor & Francis, the complete contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Compositions or formulations for delivery to the airways are described in O'Riordan et al (Respir Care, 2002, Nov. 47), EP2050437, WO2005023290, US2010098660, and US20070053845. Composition and formulations for delivering active agents to the iluem, especially the proximal iluem, include microparticles and microencapsulates where the active agent is encapsulated within a protecting matrix formed of polymer or dairy protein that is acid resistant but prone to dissolution in the more alkaline environment of the ileum. Examples of such delivery systems are described in EP1072600.2 and EP13171757.1. An alternative means of transdermal administration is by use of a skin patch. For example, the active ingredient can be incorporated into a cream consisting of an aqueous emulsion of polyethylene glycols or liquid paraffin. The active ingredient can also be incorporated, at a concentration of between 1 and 10% by weight, into an ointment consisting of a white wax or white soft paraffin base together with such stabilisers and preservatives as may be required.

Injectable forms may contain between 10-1000 mg, preferably between 10-250 mg, of active ingredient per dose.

Compositions may be formulated in unit dosage form, i.e., in the form of discrete portions containing a unit dose, or a multiple or sub-unit of a unit dose.

A person of ordinary skill in the art can easily determine an appropriate dose of one of the instant compositions to administer to a subject without undue experimentation. Typically, a physician will determine the actual dosage which will be most suitable for an individual patient and it will depend on a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the individual undergoing therapy. The dosages disclosed herein are exemplary of the average case. There can of course be individual instances where higher or lower dosage ranges are merited, and such are within the scope of this invention. Depending upon the need, the agent may be administered at a dose of from 0.01 to 30 mg/kg body weight, such as from 0.1 to 10 mg/kg, more preferably from 0.1 to 1 mg/kg body weight. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more doses of 10 to 300 mg/day or more preferably, 10 to 150 mg/day, will be administered to the patient for the treatment of an inflammatory disorder.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the methods and uses of the invention involve administration of a peptide or composition of the invention in combination with one or more other active agents, for example, existing anti-inflammatory drugs or pharmacological enhancers available on the market. In such cases, the compounds of the invention may be administered consecutively, simultaneously or sequentially with the one or more other active agents.

In one embodiment of the invention, the peptide of the invention may be administered in the form of a conjugate comprising the peptide, and may optionally include a linker, and a partner molecule, for example a protein such as an antibody molecule intended to increase the half-life of the conjugate in-vivo. In one embodiment, the peptide may be modified to substitute one or more amino acids with amino acids employed to attach partner molecules. For example, an amino acid may be substituted with a lysine residue for the purpose of conjugating a partner molecule such as a PEG molecule.

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All publications, patents, patent applications and other references mentioned herein are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties for all purposes as if each individual publication, patent or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference and the content thereof recited in full.

Where used herein and unless specifically indicated otherwise, the following terms are intended to have the following meanings in addition to any broader (or narrower) meanings the terms might enjoy in the art:

Unless otherwise required by context, the use herein of the singular is to be read to include the plural and vice versa. The term “a” or “an” used in relation to an entity is to be read to refer to one or more of that entity. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more,” and “at least one” are used interchangeably herein.

As used herein, the term “comprise,” or variations thereof such as “comprises” or “comprising,” are to be read to indicate the inclusion of any recited integer (e.g. a feature, element, characteristic, property, method/process step or limitation) or group of integers (e.g. features, element, characteristics, properties, method/process steps or limitations) but not the exclusion of any other integer or group of integers. Thus, as used herein the term “comprising” is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, unrecited integers or method/process steps.

As used herein, the term “disease” is used to define any abnormal condition that impairs physiological function and is associated with specific symptoms. The term is used broadly to encompass any disorder, illness, abnormality, pathology, sickness, condition or syndrome in which physiological function is impaired irrespective of the nature of the aetiology (or indeed whether the aetiological basis for the disease is established). It therefore encompasses conditions arising from infection, trauma, injury, surgery, radiological ablation, poisoning or nutritional deficiencies.

As used herein, the term “treatment” or “treating” refers to an intervention (e.g. the administration of an agent to a subject) which cures, ameliorates or lessens the symptoms of a disease or removes (or lessens the impact of) its cause(s) (for example, the reduction in accumulation of pathological levels of lysosomal enzymes). In this case, the term is used synonymously with the term “therapy”.

Additionally, the terms “treatment” or “treating” refers to an intervention (e.g. the administration of an agent to a subject) which prevents or delays the onset or progression of a disease or reduces (or eradicates) its incidence within a treated population. In this case, the term treatment is used synonymously with the term “prophylaxis”.

As used herein, an effective amount or a therapeutically effective amount of an agent defines an amount that can be administered to a subject without excessive toxicity, irritation, allergic response, or other problem or complication, commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio, but one that is sufficient to provide the desired effect, e.g. the treatment or prophylaxis manifested by a permanent or temporary improvement in the subject's condition. The amount will vary from subject to subject, depending on the age and general condition of the individual, mode of administration and other factors. Thus, while it is not possible to specify an exact effective amount, those skilled in the art will be able to determine an appropriate “effective” amount in any individual case using routine experimentation and background general knowledge. A therapeutic result in this context includes eradication or lessening of symptoms, reduced pain or discomfort, prolonged survival, improved mobility and other markers of clinical improvement. A therapeutic result need not be a complete cure.

The term “mammal” should be understood to mean a higher mammal, especially a human. However, the term also includes non-mammalian animals such as fish.

The term “composition” should be understood to mean a composition of matter made by the hand of man and not occurring in nature. Exemplary compositions include food compositions, beverage compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, nutritional supplement compositions, personal care compositions and healthcare compositions.

The term “peptide” used herein refers to a polymer composed of 3 to 50 (or 4-50, 5-50, or 6-50) amino acid monomers typically linked via peptide bond linkage. Peptides (including fragments and variants thereof) of and for use in the invention may be generated wholly or partly by chemical synthesis or by expression from nucleic acid. For example, the peptides of and for use in the present invention can be readily prepared according to well-established, standard liquid or, preferably, solid-phase peptide synthesis methods known in the art (see, for example, J. M. Stewart and J. D. Young, Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, 2nd edition, Pierce Chemical Company, Rockford, Ill. (1984), in M. Bodanzsky and A. Bodanzsky, The Practice of Peptide Synthesis, Springer Verlag, New York (1984). When necessary, any of the peptides employed in the invention can be chemically modified to increase their stability. A chemically modified peptide or a peptide analog includes any functional chemical equivalent of the peptide characterized by its increased stability and/or efficacy in vivo or in vitro in respect of the practice of the invention. The term peptide analog also refers to any amino acid derivative of a peptide as described herein. A peptide analog can be produced by procedures that include, but are not limited to, modifications to side chains, incorporation of unnatural amino acids and/or their derivatives during peptide synthesis and the use of cross-linkers and other methods that impose conformational constraint on the peptides or their analogs. Examples of side chain modifications include modification of amino groups, such as by reductive alkylation by reaction with an aldehyde followed by reduction with NaBH₄; amidation with methylacetimidate; acetylation with acetic anhydride; carbamylation of amino groups with cyanate; trinitrobenzylation of amino groups with 2, 4, 6, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS); alkylation of amino groups with succinic anhydride and tetrahydrophthalic anhydride; and pyridoxylation of lysine with pyridoxa-5′-phosphate followed by reduction with NABH₄. The guanidino group of arginine residues may be modified by the formation of heterocyclic condensation products with reagents such as 2,3-butanedione, phenylglyoxal and glyoxal. The carboxyl group may be modified by carbodiimide activation via o-acylisourea formation followed by subsequent derivatization, for example, to a corresponding amide. Sulfhydryl groups may be modified by methods, such as carboxymethylation with iodoacetic acid or iodoacetamide; performic acid oxidation to cysteic acid; formation of mixed disulphides with other thiol compounds; reaction with maleimide; maleic anhydride or other substituted maleimide; formation of mercurial derivatives using 4-chloromercuribenzoate, 4-chloromercuriphenyl sulfonic acid, phenylmercury chloride, 2-chloromercuric-4-nitrophenol and other mercurials; carbamylation with cyanate at alkaline pH. Tryptophan residues may be modified by, for example, oxidation with N-bromosuccinimide or alkylation of the indole ring with 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide or sulphonyl halides. Tryosine residues may be altered by nitration with tetranitromethane to form a 3-nitrotyrosine derivative. Modification of the imidazole ring of a histidine residue may be accomplished by alkylation with iodoacetic acid derivatives or N-carbethoxylation with diethylpyrocarbonate. Examples of incorporating unnatural amino acids and derivatives during peptide synthesis include, but are not limited to, use of norleucine, 4-amino butyric acid, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic acid, 6-aminohexanoic acid, t-butylglycine, norvaline, phenylglycine, ornithine, sarcosine, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid, 2-thienyl alanine and/or D-isomers of amino acids. Peptide structure modification includes the generation of retro-inverso peptides comprising the reversed sequence encoded by D-amino acids.

“Isolated peptide” as applied to a peptide of the invention or modified peptide of the invention typically refers to a peptide of the invention that is produced by man by means of a technical process. Thus, the peptide may be produced by means of a biotechnological process or by means of chemical synthesis.

The term “modified peptide” is used interchangeably with the term derivative of the peptide. The modified peptide includes a peptide which has been substituted with one or more groups as defined herein. The modification may be any modified that provides the peptides and or the composition of the invention with an increased ability to penetrate a cell. The modification may be any modification that increases the half-life of the composition or peptides of the invention. In one embodiment, the group is a protecting group. The protecting group may be an N-terminal protecting group, a C-terminal protecting group or a side-chain protecting group. The peptide may have one or more of these protecting groups. The person skilled in the art is aware of suitable techniques to react amino acids with these protecting groups. These groups can be added by preparation methods known in the art, for example the methods as outlined in paragraphs [0104] to [0107] of US2014120141. The groups may remain on the peptide or may be removed. The protecting group may be added during synthesis. In an embodiment of the invention the peptides may be substituted with a group selected from one or more straight chain or branched chain, long or short chain, saturated, or unsaturated, substituted with a hydroxyl, amino, amino acyl, sulfate or sulphide group or unsubstituted having from 1 to 29 carbon atoms. N-acyl derivatives include acyl groups derived from acetic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, octanoic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, behenic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, lipoic acid, oleic acid, isosteric acid, elaidoic acid, 2-ethylhexaneic acid, coconut oil fatty acid, tallow fatty acid, hardened tallow fatty acid, palm kernel fatty acid, lanolin fatty acid or similar acids. These may be substituted or unsubstituted. When substituted they are preferably substituted with hydroxyl, or sulphur containing groups such as but not limited to SO₃H, SH, or S—S. In an embodiment of the current invention, the peptide is R₁—X—R₂. R₁ and/or R₂ groups respectively bound to the amino-terminal (N-terminal) and carboxyl-terminal (C-terminal) of the peptide sequence. In one embodiment, the peptide is R₁—X. Alternatively, the peptide is X—R₂. Preferably, R₁ is H, C₁₋₄ alkyl, acetyl, benzoyl or trifluoroacetyl; X is the peptide of the invention; R₂ is OH or NH₂.

In an embodiment, R ₁ is selected from the group formed by H, a non-cyclic substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, substituted or unsubstituted alicyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, Tert-butyloxycarbonyl, 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) and R₅—CO—, wherein R₅ is selected from the group formed by H, a non-cyclic substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, substituted or unsubstituted alicyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl and substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl; R₂ is selected from the group formed by —NR₃R₄, —OR₃ and —SR₃, wherein R₃ and R₄ are independently selected from the group formed by H, a non-cyclic substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, substituted or unsubstituted alicyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl; and with the condition that R₁ and R₂ are not a-amino acids. In accordance with another preferred embodiment, R₂ is —NR₃R₄, —OR ₃ or —SR₃ wherein R₃ and R₄ are independently selected from the group formed by H, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₂-C₂₄ alkenyl, Tert-butyloxycarbonyl, 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc), substituted or unsubstituted C₂-C₂₄ alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₃-C ₂₄ cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₅-C₂₄ cycloalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₈-C ₂₄ cycloalkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C ₆-C₃₀ aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C₇-C₂₄ aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl ring of 3-10 members, and substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 atoms other than carbon wherein the alkyl chain is of 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Optionally, R ₃ and R ₄ can be bound by a saturated or unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, forming a cycle with the nitrogen atom. More preferably R ₂ is —NR₃R₄ or —OR ₃, wherein R₃ and R₄ are independently selected from the group formed by H, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₂-C₂₄ alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₂-C₂₄ alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₃-C₁₀ cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C₆-C ₁₅ aryl and substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl of 3-10 members, substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl with a ring of 3 to 10 members and an alkyl chain of 1 to 6 carbon atoms. More preferably R₃ and R₄ are selected from the group formed by H, methyl, ethyl, hexyl, dodecyl, or hexadecyl. Even more preferably R₃ is H and R₄ is selected from the group formed by H, methyl, ethyl, hexyl, dodecyl, or hexadecyl. In accordance with an even more preferred embodiment, R₂ is selected from —OH and —NH₂.

In accordance with another embodiment of this invention R _(i) is selected from the group formed by H, acetyl, lauroyl, myristoyl or palmitoyl, and R₂ is —NR₃R ₄ or —OR₃ wherein R₃ and R₄ are independently selected from H, methyl, ethyl, hexyl, dodecyl and hexadecyl, preferably R₂ is —OH or —NH₂ More preferably, R₁ is acetyl or palmitoyl and R₂ is —NH₂. In a preferred embodiment, the acyl group is bound to the N-terminal end of at least one amino acid of the peptide. In an embodiment of the invention, the peptide is modified to comprise a side chain protecting group. The side chain protecting group may be one or more of the group comprising benzyl or benzyl based groups, t-butyl-based groups, benzyloxy-carbonyl (Z) group, and allyloxycarbonyl (alloc) protecting group. The side chain protecting group may be derived from an achiral amino acid such as achiral glycine. The use of an achiral amino acid helps to stabilise the resultant peptide and also facilitate the facile synthesis route of the present invention. Preferably, the peptide further comprises a modified C-terminus, preferably an amidated C-terminus. The achiral residue may be alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (methylalaine). It will be appreciated that the specific side chain protecting groups used will depend on the sequence of the peptide and the type of N-terminal protecting group used.

“Conjugate”: In one embodiment of the invention the peptide is conjugated, linked or fused to a binding partner, for example one or more polyethylene glycol polymers or other compounds, such as molecular weight increasing compounds or lipophilic groups. The molecular weight increasing compound is any compound that will increase the molecular weight, typically by 10% to 90%, or 20% to 50% of the resulting conjugate and may have a molecular weight of between 200 and 20, 000, preferably between 500 and 10, 000. The molecular weight increasing compound may be PEG, any water-soluble(amphiphilic or hydrophilic) polymer moiety, homo or co-polymers of PEG, a monomethyl-subsitututed polymer of PEG (mPEG) and polyoxyethylene glycerol (POG), polyamino acids such as poly-lysine, poly-glutamic acid, poly-aspartic acid, particular those of L conformation, pharmacologically inactive proteins such as albumin, gelatin, a fatty acid, olysaccharide, a lipid amino acid and dextran. The polymer moiety may be straight chained or branched and it may have a molecular weight of 500 to 40000 Da, 5000 to 10000 Da, 10000 to 5000, Da. The compound (binding partner) may be any suitable cell penetrating compound, such as that peptide, penetratin, pep-1. The compound (binding partner) may be an antibody molecule. The compound (binding partner) may be a lipophilic moiety or a polymeric moiety. The lipophilic substituent and polymeric substituents are known in the art. The lipophilic substituent includes an acyl group, a sulphonyl group, an N atom, an O atom or an S atom which forms part of the ester, sulphonyl ester, thioester, amide or sulphonamide. The lipophilic moiety may include a hydrocarbon chain having 4 to 30 C atoms, preferably between 8 and 12 C atoms. It may be linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated. The hydrocarbon chain may be further substituted. It may be cycloalkane or heterocycloalkane. The peptide may be modified at the N-terminal, C-terminal or both. The polymer or compound (binding partner) is preferably linked to an amino, carboxyl or thio group and may be linked by N-termini or C-termini of side chains of any amino acid residue. The polymer or compound (binding partner) may be conjugated to the side chain of any suitable residue. The polymer or compound (binding partner) may be conjugated via a spacer. The spacer may be a natural or unnatural amino acid, succinic acid, lysyl, glutamyl, asparagyl, glycyl, beta-alanyl, gamma-amino butanoyl. The polymer or compound (binding partner) may be conjugated via an ester, a sulphonyl ester, a thioester, an amide, a carbamate, a urea, a sulphonamide. A person skilled in the art is aware of suitable means to prepare the described conjugate.

“Anti-inflammatory” or “anti-inflammatory activity” as applied to a peptide or fragment means a peptide or fragment that is capable of significantly reducing the secretion of TNFα by LPS-stimulated J774.2 macrophages (compared with untreated LPS-stimulated J774.2 macrophages) when the macrophages are treated with 100 μM of the peptide or fragment as described in the experimental section below.

“Glucose transport promoting” or “glucose transport promoting activity” as applied to a peptide or fragment means a peptide or fragment that is capable of increasing GLUT4 translocation into skeletal muscle compared with an untreated control when employed at a concentration of 2 μM in the in-vitro assay described below. Preferably the peptide or fragment is capable of increasing GLUT4 translocation compared with an untreated control by at least 50% (i.e a relative unit increase in GLUT4 translocation of 1% to 1.5%).

“Growth promoting” or “growth promoting activity” as applied to a peptide or fragment means a peptide or fragment that is capable of increasing elastin production or cellular proliferation of human skin treated with a 20μM solution of peptide or fragment as described in the assay below.

“Antibacterial” or “antibacterial activity” as applied to a peptide or fragment means a peptide or fragment that is capable of visibly inhibiting the growth of a bacteria in the agar-plate based growth inhibition studies described below.

A “variant” of a bioactive fragment shall be taken to mean a fragment having an amino acid sequence that is substantially identical to the reference fragment, and typically is bioactive. Thus, for example, the term should be taken to include fragments that are altered in respect of one or more amino acid residues. Preferably such alterations involve the insertion, addition, deletion and/or substitution of 5 or fewer amino acids, more preferably of 4 or fewer, even more preferably of 3 or fewer, most preferably of 1 or 2 amino acids only. Insertion, addition and substitution with natural and modified amino acids is envisaged. The variant may have conservative amino acid changes, wherein the amino acid being introduced is similar structurally, chemically, or functionally to that being substituted. Generally, the variant will have at least 70% amino acid sequence homology, preferably at least 80% sequence homology, more preferably at least 90% sequence homology, and ideally at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence homology with the parent anti-inflammatory fragment. In this specification, the term “sequence identity” should be understand to comprise both sequence identity and similarity, i.e. a variant (or homolog) that shares 70% sequence identity with a reference sequence is one in which any 70% of aligned residues of the variant (or homolog) are identical to or conservative substitutions of the corresponding residues in the reference sequence across the entire length of the sequence. Sequence identity is the amount of characters which match exactly between two different sequences. Hereby, gaps are not counted and the measurement is relational to the shorter of the two sequences. In terms of “sequence homology”, the term should be understood to mean that a variant (or homolog) which shares a defined percent similarity or identity with a reference sequence when the percentage of aligned residues of the variant (or homolog) are either identical to, or conservative substitutions of, the corresponding residues in the reference sequence and where the variant (or homolog) shares the same function as the reference sequence. This alignment and the percent homology or sequence identity can be determined using software programs known in the art, for example, one alignment program is BLAST, using default parameters. Details of these programs can be found at the following Internet address: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/Blast.cgi.

Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 555 (muscle peptide E64_SP2)

Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 555 (VLDLAIPVNRPGQL) including variants having 1,2 or 3 conservative amino acid substitutions, 1, 2 to 3 non-conservative amino acid substitutions, 1-2 amino acid additions, 1, 2 or 3 amino acid deletions, are provided below:

One conservative amino acid substitution:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1133 TO 1139) ILDLAIPVNRPGQL; VLELAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAVPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPINRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNKPGQL; VLDLAIPVEKPGQL; VLDLAIPVNKPGEL

Two conservative amino acid substitutions:

(SEQ ID NOS 1140 TO 1148) ILELAIPVNRPGQL; ILDLAVPVNRPGQL; VLELAVPVNRPGQL; VLELAIPVNKPGQL; ILDLAIPVNKPGQL; VLDLAVPVNKPGQL; VLDLAIPVEKPGEL; ILDLAIPVNKPGEL; VLELAIPVEKPGQL.

Three conservative amino acid substitutions:

(SEQ ID NOS TO 1149 TO 1156) ILELAVPVNRPGQL; ILELAIPVNKPGQL; VLELAVPVNKPGQL; ILELAIPVNRPGEL; ILDLAIPVNKPGEL; VLDLAVPVEKPGQL; VLDLAVPVERPGEL; VLELAIPVERPGEL.

One non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NOS 1157 to 1162) KLDLAIIVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPGQK; VLDLAIPVNRPCQL; VLDLWIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPGQL; VLYLAIPVNRPGQL.

Two non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID 1163 to 1170) VLDLYIPVGRPGQL; VKDLAIPWNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPCCL; VLDLAGGVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPKNEPGQL; PLDLAIPVNDPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPIQL; VLDHAIPVNRPGQL.

Three non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID 1171 to 1177) VLDLAIPVNRPGGG; VLDLHIPGNEPGQL; VYKLAIPVNEPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPYPG; VLDYAIPKNDPGQL; RRRLAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIGVNRGPQL

One or two amino acid additions

(SEQ ID NO: 1178 TO 1185) VLDLAIPVNRPGFQL; VLDLADIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVGNRPGQL; VLQQDLAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRGPGQKL; VLDGLPLAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPGQLLL; VLDLFLGAIPVNRPGQL

One, two or three amino acid deletions

(SEQ ID NOS 1186 TO 1193) VLDLAIPVNRGQL; VLDLAPVNRPGQL; LDLAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPGQ; DLAIPVNRPGQL; VLDLAIPVNRPG; VLDLAINRPGQL; VLDAIVNPGQL Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 41 (anti-inflammatory peptide (I_37)

Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 41 (RGPQQYAEWQINEK) including variants having 1,2 or 3 conservative amino acid substitutions, 1, 2 to 3 non-conservative amino acid substitutions, 1-2 amino acid additions, 1, 2 or 3 amino acid deletions, are provided below:

One conservative amino acid substitution:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1194 to 1201) RGPQQYAEWQINER, RGPQQYAEWQINDK, RGPQQFAEWQINEK, KGPQQYAEWQINEK, RGPEQYAEWQINEK, RGPQEYAEWQINEK, RGPQQYADWQINEK, RGPQQYAEYQINEK

Two conservative amino acid substitutions:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1202 to 1209) KGPEQYAEWQINEK, KGPQEYAEWQINEK, KGPQQFAEWQINEK, RGPEQFAEWQINEK, KGPQQYAEWQINER, RGPQQYAEWQINDR, RGPQQYADWQINDK, RGPQQFAEWQINER

Three conservative amino acid substitutions:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1210 to 1217) RGPQQYAEWQVNEK, RGPQQFAEWQINEK, KGPQQFAEWQINER, KGPQQFAEWQVNEK, RGPQQFAEWQVNDK, RGPQQYADWQINDR, KGPQQYADWQINDK, RGPQQFADYQINEK

One non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NO'S 1218 to 1225) RGPQQYARWQINEK, RGPQQYAEWQINEE, HGPQQYAEWQINEK,, RGPYQYAEWQINEK, RGPQQYMEWQINEK, RGPQQYAEWQINEK, RGPQQYAEWCINEK, RGPQPYAEWQINEK

Two non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NO'S 1226 to 1232) RGGQQYAEWQINED, RGPQQYARWKINEK, RGGQQYAETQINEK, RGPLQYAEWQNNEK, EGPQQYAEWQINED, RGPQQYAEWQINLL, RGPQQGGEWQINEK

Three non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NO'S 1233 to 1204) RGPQQYAEWQIGGG, RGPQQKYEWQINEK, RGPQAQYEWQINEK, RPHQQYAEWQINEK, RGPQHHHEWQINEK, RGPPQYAPPQINEK, RGPQCYYEWCINEK, RGPTQYAEGQINEG

One or two amino acid additions

(SEQ ID NO'S 1241 to 1246) RGPQQYAEWQINEKG, RGPQQYAEWQINEKY, RGPQQYAFTEWQINEK, RGPQSQYAEWQINEKPM, RGPQQYAEWQINEKKK, RRRRGPQQYAEWQINEK

One, two or three amino acid deletions

(SEQ ID NO'S 1247 to 1257) RGPQQYAEWQINE, RGPQQYAEWQIN, RGPQQYAEWQI, GPQQYAEWQINEK, PQQYAEWQINEK, QQYAEWQINEK, QQYAEWQI, PQQYAEWQINE, PQQYAEWQIN, RGPQQYA, EWQINEK Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 701 (anti-ageing peptide E_1_788)

Variants of SEQUENCE ID NO: 701 (QSFLLSGNQ) including variants having 1 or 2 conservative amino acid substitutions, 1, 2 to 3 non-conservative amino acid substitutions, 1-2 amino acid additions, 1, 2 or 3 amino acid deletions, are provided below:

One conservative amino acid substitution:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1258 to 1261) QSFILSGNE, ESFLLSGNQ, QSYLLSGNQ, QSFLLSGDQ

Two conservative amino acid substitutions:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1262 to 1266) QSYLLSGNE, ESFLLSGNE, ESYLLSGNQ, QSFLLSGDE, QSYLLSGDQ

One non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NO'S 1267 to 1271) QSFRLSGNQ, QSFLLSYNQ, QFFLLSGNQ, QSFLLSGAQ, QSFLLSGNP

Two non-conservative amino acid substitution

(SEQ ID NO'S 1272 to 1276) QSFRRSGNQ, QSFLLSYIQ, QFFLLSGNL, QSFLLSGAQ, QSFLLSGNP

One or two amino acid additions

(SEQ ID NO'S 1277 to 1281) QSFLLSGNQQ, QSFLLLSGNQ, AQSFGLLSGNQ, RQSFLLISGNQ, QSFLLSGNQK

One, two or three amino acid deletions

(SEQ ID NO'S 1282 to 1287) QFLLSGNQ, SFLLSGNQ, QSFLLSGN, QSFLLGNQ, QSFLSGNQ, QSLLSGNQ

“Fragment” means a fragment of a peptide of the invention that typically has a bioactivity, for example anti-inflammatory activity, anti-ageing activity, glucose transport promoting activity, or anti-bacterial activity. In one embodiment, the fragment has at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 or 22 amino acids. In one embodiment, the fragment consists of at least 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% of the reference sequence. Examples of fragments of the invention are provided in SEQUENCE ID NO'S 708 to 751. Examples of fragments of SEQ ID NO: 555 include:

(SEQ ID 1288) VLDLAIPVNRPGQ; (SEQ ID 1289) VLDLAIPVNRPG; (SEQ ID 1290) VLDLAIPVNRP; (SEQ ID 1291) LDLAIPVNRPGQL; (SEQ ID 1292) DLAIPVNRPGQL; (SEQ ID 1293) LAIPVNRPGQL; (SEQ ID 1294) LDLAIPVNRPGQ; (SEQ ID 1295) DLAIPVNRPG; (SEQ ID 1296) LAIPVNRP; (SEQ ID 1297) VLDLAIPVN; (SEQ ID 1298) AIPVNRPGQL; (SEQ ID 1299) VNRPGQL; (SEQ ID 1300) VLDLAIPV, and (SEQ ID 1301) VLDLAIPVNR.

Examples of fragments of SEQ ID NO:701 include:

(SEQ ID NO'S 1302 to 1308). QSFLLSGN, QSFLLSG, QSFLLS, SFLLSGNQ, FLLSGNQ, LLSGNQ SFLLSGN.

“Enriched in peptides having a molecular weight of less than 10 KD” as applied to a composition of the invention means that the dry weight % of peptides in the composition having a molecular weight of less than 10 KD is greater than the dry weight % of polypeptide/protein in the composition having a molecular weight of 10 KD or greater.

“Inflammatory disorder” means an immune-mediated inflammatory condition that affects humans and is generally characterised by dysregulated expression of one or more cytokines. Examples of inflammatory disorders include skin inflammatory disorders, inflammatory disorders of the joints, inflammatory disorders of the cardiovascular system, certain autoimmune diseases, lung and airway inflammatory disorders, intestinal inflammatory disorders. Examples of skin inflammatory disorders include dermatitis, for example atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis, acne vulgaris, and psoriasis. Examples of inflammatory disorders of the joints include rheumatoid arthritis. Examples of inflammatory disorders of the cardiovascular system are cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. Examples of autoimmune diseases include Type 1 diabetes, Graves disease, Guillain-Barre disease, Lupus, Psoriatic arthritis, and Ulcerative colitis. Examples of lung and airway inflammatory disorders include asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD, emphysema, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Examples of intestinal inflammatory disorders include colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Other inflammatory disorders include cancer, hay fever, periodontitis, allergies, hypersensitivity, ischemia, depression, systemic diseases, post infection inflammation and bronchitis.

The peptides and compositions of the invention may also be employed in the non-therapeutic treatment of inflammation. Examples of non-therapeutic treatment of inflammation include use to relieve normal, non-pathological, inflammation, for example inflammation in the muscles and joints following exercise.

In this specification, the term “Metabolic disorder” should be understood to include pre-diabetes, diabetes; Type-1 diabetes; Type-2 diabetes; metabolic syndrome; obesity; diabetic dyslipidemia; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; hypertriglyceridemia; hyperfattyacidemia; hypercholerterolemia; hyperinsulinemia, and MODY.

“Ani-ageing” means inhibiting or slowing the appearance of ageing of a human's skin and/or reversing the appearance of ageing. “Slowing or inhibiting ageing of the skin” means slowing or inhibiting the ageing process in the skin, and/or reversing the appearance of ageing.

“Disease or condition characterised by damaged dermal or epithelial cells or tissue” means any condition or disease that results in damaged dermal or epithelial tissue or cells or organs. One example is trauma which often results in damaged skin. Another example is an inflammatory skin condition such as psoriasis or excezma which often results in damaged skin. Another example is an inflammatory disorder of the lower intestines which can result in damaged epithelial cells/tissue lining the lower intestines. Another example is damaged epithelial cells/tissue lining the lower intestines caused by ingestion of a toxic or damaging substance, for example toxic chemicals or drugs. Another example is cancer, for example bowel cancer, which can result in damaged epithelial tissue in the bowel. Another condition is a peripheral inflammatory disorder such as atopic dermatitis which can result in damage to the skin in humans.

“Disease or condition characterised by bacterial infection” means any condition or disease characterised having a pathology caused by growth of bacteria or by bacterial infection, including for example MRSA, salmonella, listeria, bacterial pneumonia, Staphylococcal food poisoning, bacterial memingitis. Specific examples are provided on the web page of Wikipedia™ under the section “List of infectious diseases”.

“Man-made” as applied to comestible products should be understood to mean made by a human being and not existing in nature.

“Maintaining or restoring gut health” means reducing and/or regulating the pro-inflammatory response in the gut and more specifically the epithelial cells. The healthy microbiome offers some protection against pathogenic viruses and bacteria, and their presence is needed to guide the development of our immune system. It has been shown that these bacteria can react to human signals of stress, sickness, or age which can be manifested by inflammation and as a consequence switch on their virulence genes and cause or contribute to disease. Having the ability to reduce and maintain at healthy levels the inflammatory response can help maintain the healthy bacteria. Digestive problems, which comprise the number one health problem in North America, appear to be occurring with more frequency in recent years. One way to maintain digestive health is to maintain proper inflammation and intestinal flora.

“Improving muscle status” means improving the muscle health, for example promoting skeletal muscle protein synthesis, skeletal glucose absorbtion, improving lean tissue mass in therapeutic or non-therapeutic context, promoting muscle recovery generally after activity exercise, or improving muscle performance. The methods or uses may be therapeutic or non-therapeutic. The term “improving lean tissue mass status” should be understood to mean increasing lean tissue mass, or inhibiting or preventing the rate of lean tissue mass degradation.

“Promoting muscle recovery” means causing an increase in absorbtion of glucose in skeletal muscle compared with untreated skeletal muscel.

“Disease or condition characterised by lethargy or low energy levels” means any condition or disease characterised by a feeling or tiredness or low energy. Examples include allergies, asthma, anemia, cancer and its treatments, chronic pain, heart disease, infection, depression, eating disorders, grief, sleeping disorders, thyroid problems, medication side effects, alcohol use, or drug use.

“Maintaining or restoring muscle health” means helping retain or restore mammalian muscle health resulting from damage incurred during exercise. By promoting glucose transport in skeletal muscle the peptides promote recovery from exercise, and relieve muscle soreness/pain and injury connected with exercise. They can also be used to decrease and prevent muscle cramping, and to allow a faster recovery from muscle cramping. Cramping can result from physical stress, mental stress, and or Repetitive Strain Injury stress. By promoting glucose transport the peptides help reduce Myopathy of the muscle, and help prevent Sarcopenia in mammals, promote recovery from injuries during exercise, and relieve muscle soreness/pain and injury connected with exercise. The invention also relates to a peptide or composition of the invention for use in maintaining or restoring muscle health in a mammal.

In this specification, the term “substantially all” as applied to a list of peptides should be understood to mean at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 95% of the peptides.

In this specification, the term “personal care product” should be understood to mean a composition formulated for use by humans in cleaning or treating the human body, particularly the skin, teeth, nails, feet and hair. Examples include shampoo, conditioner, skin creams and lotions, powders, dentrifice, shower gel or creams, body lotion, deodorant, and anti-perspirant.

In this specification, the term “nutritional supplement” should be understood to mean a product formulated for ingestion by a mammal and intended to confer a health benefit on the recipient. The supplement can take any form, for example a solid, liquid, or powder. Examples of supplements include powders, tablets, capsules, and drinks.

A further aspect of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide of the invention or a composition of peptides of the invention, admixed with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable diluents, excipients or carriers. Even though the peptides and compositions of the present invention can be administered alone, they will generally be administered in admixture with a pharmaceutical carrier, excipient or diluent, particularly for human therapy. The pharmaceutical compositions may be for human or animal usage in human and veterinary medicine. Examples of such suitable excipients for the various different forms of pharmaceutical compositions described herein may be found in the “Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 2^(nd) Edition, (1994), Edited by A Wade and P J Weller. In particular, formulations for topical delivery are described in Topical drug delivery formulations edited by David Osborne and Antonio Aman, Taylor & Francis, the complete contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Acceptable carriers or diluents for therapeutic use are well known in the pharmaceutical art, and are described, for example, in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co. (A. R. Gennaro edit. 1985). Examples of suitable carriers include lactose, starch, glucose, methyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, mannitol, sorbitol and the like. Examples of suitable diluents include ethanol, glycerol and water. The choice of pharmaceutical carrier, excipient or diluent can be selected with regard to the intended route of administration and standard pharmaceutical practice. The pharmaceutical compositions may comprise as, or in addition to, the carrier, excipient or diluent any suitable binder(s), lubricant(s), suspending agent(s), coating agent(s), solubilising agent(s). Examples of suitable binders include starch, gelatin, natural sugars such as glucose, anhydrous lactose, free-flow lactose, beta-lactose, corn sweeteners, natural and synthetic gums, such as acacia, tragacanth or sodium alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose and polyethylene glycol. Examples of suitable lubricants include sodium oleate, sodium stearate, magnesium stearate, sodium benzoate, sodium acetate, sodium chloride and the like. Preservatives, stabilizers, dyes and even flavouring agents may be provided in the pharmaceutical composition. Examples of preservatives include sodium benzoate, sorbic acid and esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid. Antioxidants and suspending agents may be also used.

The peptide or composition of the invention may be adapted for topical, oral, rectal, parenteral, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intra-arterial, intrabronchial, subcutaneous, intradermal, intravenous, nasal, vaginal, buccal or sublingual routes of administration. For oral administration, particular use is made of compressed tablets, pills, tablets, gellules, drops, and capsules. Preferably, these compositions contain from 1 to 250 mg and more preferably from 10-100 mg, of active ingredient per dose. Other forms of administration comprise solutions or emulsions which may be injected intravenously, intra-arterial, subcutaneously, intradermally, intraperitoneally or intramuscularly, and which are prepared from sterile or sterilisable solutions. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may also be in form of suppositories, vaginal rings, pessaries, suspensions, emulsions, lotions, ointments, creams, gels, sprays, solutions or dusting powders. The composition of the invention may be formulated for topical delivery. Topical delivery generally means delivery to the skin, but can also mean delivery to a body lumen lined with epithelial cells, for example the lungs or airways, the gastrointestinal tract, the buccal cavity. In particular, formulations for topical delivery are described in Topical drug delivery formulations edited by David Osborne and Antonio Aman, Taylor & Francis, the complete contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Compositions or formulations for delivery to the airways are described in O'Riordan et al (Respir Care, 2002, November 47), EP2050437, WO2005023290, US2010098660, and US20070053845. Composition and formulations for delivering active agents to the iluem, especially the proximal iluem, include microparticles and microencapsulates where the active agent is encapsulated within a protecting matrix formed of polymer or dairy protein that is acid resistant but prone to dissolution in the more alkaline environment of the ileum. Examples of such delivery systems are described in EP1072600.2 and EP13171757.1. An alternative means of transdermal administration is by use of a skin patch. For example, the active ingredient can be incorporated into a cream consisting of an aqueous emulsion of polyethylene glycols or liquid paraffin. The active ingredient can also be incorporated, at a concentration of between 1 and 10% by weight, into an ointment consisting of a white wax or white soft paraffin base together with such stabilisers and preservatives as may be required. Injectable forms may contain between 10-1000 mg, preferably between 10-250 mg, of active ingredient per dose.

Compositions may be formulated in unit dosage form, i.e., in the form of discrete portions containing a unit dose, or a multiple or sub-unit of a unit dose.

A person of ordinary skill in the art can easily determine an appropriate dose of one of the instant compositions to administer to a subject without undue experimentation. Typically, a physician will determine the actual dosage which will be most suitable for an individual patient and it will depend on a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the individual undergoing therapy. The dosages disclosed herein are exemplary of the average case. There can of course be individual instances where higher or lower dosage ranges are merited, and such are within the scope of this invention. Depending upon the need, the agent may be administered at a dose of from 0.01 to 30 mg/kg body weight, such as from 0.1 to 10 mg/kg, more preferably from 0.1 to 1 mg/kg body weight. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more doses of 10 to 300 mg/day or more preferably, 10 to 150 mg/day, will be administered to the patient for the treatment of an inflammatory disorder.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the methods and uses of the invention involve administration of a peptide or composition of the invention in combination with one or more other active agents, for example, existing anti-inflammatory drugs or pharmacological enhancers available on the market. In such cases, the compounds of the invention may be administered consecutively, simultaneously or sequentially with the one or more other active agents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Section A

FIGS. 1 to 18: The effect of eighteen synthetic peptides of the invention on TNF-secretion in THP1 cells. All experiments were prepared in duplicate on three plates (6 wells/conditions). Significance was calculated using Student's t-test (*p<0.05 compared to control, **p<0.01 compared to control, *** p<0.001 compared to control)

FIG. 19. Viability of J774.2 macrophages after treatment with synthetic peptides. J774.2 macrophages were treated 100 μM of synthetic peptide for 24 hours before an alamar blue assay was performed. Data are presented as an average of n=3 +/−SEM.

FIG. 20. The effects of hydrolysates on cell survival. J774.2 macrophages were treated with (A) 1 mg/ml or (B) 0.5 mg/ml of hydrolysates for 24 hours before an alamar blue assay was performed. Data is shown as (A) n=1 +/−SEM and (B) n=3 +/−SEM.

FIG. 21. The effect of DMSO vehicle on TNFα and IL-β (3 secretion from J774.2 macrophages. J774.2 macrophages were treated with a final concentration of 0.3% and 1% DMSO (equivalent to the amounts used to dissolve the peptides) for 24 hours and the effect on TNFα and IL-β after stimulation was established. Data are presented as an average of n=3 +/−SEM. (***p<0.001 w.r.t LPS).

FIG. 22. The effect of six peptides of the invention on TNFα and IL-β secretion from J774.2 macrophages. J774.2 macrophages were treated with 100 μM of synthetic peptide for 24 hours and then stimulated with (A) LPS (long/ml) for five hours or (B) LPS (long/ml) for 5 hours followed by ATP (5 mM) for one hour. Supernatant was collected and levels of (A) TNFα and (B) IL-β were determined by ELISA. (***p<0.001 w.r.t LPS, **p<0.01 w.r.t LPS, *p<0.05, ###p<0.001 w.r.t. LPS/ATP, ##p<0.01 w.r.t LPS/ATP and #p<0.05 w.r.t LPS/ATP). Final concentration of DMSO in well: SP1-0.3%, SP2-0%, SP3-0.3%, SP4-1%, SP5-1%, SP6-0.3%, Positive Control—0%. Data are presented as an average of n=3 +/−SEM.

FIG. 23. The effect a peptide composition of the invention on TNFα and IL-β secretion. J774.2 macrophages were treated with 0.5 mg/ml of hydrolysate for 24 hours and then stimulated with (A) LPS (long/ml) for five hours or (B) LPS (long/ml) for 5 hours followed by ATP (5 mM) for one hour. Supernatant was collected and levels of (A) TNFα and (B) IL-β were determined by ELISA. (***p<0.001 w.r.t untreated+LPS, ###p<0.001 w.r.t. untreated+LPS/ATP). Data are presented as an average of n=3 +/−SEM.

FIG. 24. The effects of synthetic peptides with DMSO vehicle on TNFα J774.2 macrophages were treated with 100 μM of synthetic peptide for 24 hours and then LPS (long/ml) for five hours. Supernatant was collected and levels of TNFα were determined by ELISA. ###p<0.001 w.r.t 0.3% DMSO+LPS, ##p<0.01 w.r.t. 0.3% DMSO+LPS,+++p<0.001 w.r.t 1% DMSO+LPS, ++p<0.01 w.r.t 1% DMSO+LPS/ATP). Final concentration of DMSO in well: positive control-0% , SP1-0.3%, SP2-0%, SP3-0.3%, SP4-1%, SP5-1%, SP6-0.3%.

FIG. 25. THP-1 differentiated macrophages treated with a composition of rice peptides of the invention (I_2_HR) for 24 hrs. prior to LPS stimulation were compared to untreated cells. TNF-α secretion in I_2_HR treated cells is reduced by 92% vs. untreated cells. Significant results are observed at 100 ug/ml and 500 ug/ml concentrations of I_2_HR, indicating the potency of I_2_HR.

FIG. 26. THP-1 differentiated macrophages treated with E_41_PJ for 24 hrs. prior to LPS stimulation were compared to untreated cells. TNF-α secretion in E_41_PJ treated cells is reduced by 80% vs. untreated cells. At all tested concentrations of E_41_PJ a significant reduction in TNF-α is seen.

FIG. 27. THP-1 differentiated macrophages treated with E_1_788 for 24 hrs. prior to LPS stimulation were compared to untreated cells. TNF-α secretion in E_1_788 treated cells is reduced by 80% vs. untreated cells. At all tested concentrations of E_1_788 a significant reduction in TNF-α is seen.

FIG. 28. THP-1 differentiated macrophages treated with I_222two for 24 hrs. prior to LPS stimulation were compared to untreated cells. TNF-α secretion in I_222two treated cells is reduced by 80% vs. untreated cells. Equivalent results are observed at 1 ug/ml and 50 ug/ml concentrations of I_222two, indicating the potency of I_222two.

Section B

FIGS. 1 to 100: Effect of synthetic peptides of the invention on proliferation of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 101: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 42) on elastin synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 102: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 42) on collagen synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 103: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 701) on elastin synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 104: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 701) on collagen synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 105: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 246) on elastin synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 106: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 246) on collagen synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 107: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 284) on elastin synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 108: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 245) on elastin synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 109: Effect of synthetic peptide of the invention (SEQ ID 245) on collagen synthesis of Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF).

FIG. 110. shows the integrity controls and viability controls for the assay system.

FIG. 111. % of elastin expression in superficial dermis compared to control (water or DMSO) for peptides P1, P2 and P3 * shows significant increases of elastin expression in superficial AND middle dermis.

FIG. 112. % of elastin expression in middle dermis compared to control (water or DMSO) for peptides P1, P2 and P3. * shows significant increases of elastin expression in superficial AND middle dermis.

FIG. 113. % of cell proliferation in the basal layer of epidermis compared to control (water or DMSO) for peptides P6 and P8, and peptide compositions P9 and P10 * shows significant increases.

FIG. 114. Histological analysis of the elastic fibers (+catechin, ×200).

FIG. 115. Immunohistochemical evaluation of the mitotic index (Ki67, ×400).

Section C

FIG. 1A: The effect of synthetic peptide SEQ ID 51 (Rice) on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells.

FIG. 1B: The effect of synthetic peptides—SEQ ID 13 (Pea) on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells.

FIG. 2: The effect of synthetic peptide SEQ ID 66 (Rice) on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells. FIG. 3: The effect of synthetic peptide SEQ ID 7 (Rice) on GLUT4 translocation in L6-GLUT4myc skeletal muscle cells.

FIG. 4: The effect of peptide composition E_1_BE on GLUT4 translocation in L6-GLUT4myc skeletal muscle cells.

FIG. 5: The effect of peptide composition I_2_BE on GLUT4 translocation in L6-GLUT4myc skeletal muscle cells.

Section D

FIG. 1. Agar Diffusion Assay. The activity of the peptide composition WHICH ONE was determined against S. aureus (A), Salmonella Typhimurium (B), P. aeruginosa (C) and E. coli (D). The arrow highlights the position of the peptide on the disk.

FIG. 2. Effect of peptide composition E_2_AM on the growth of P. aeruginosa. Growth curves were conducted in Mueller Hinton at pH7 over 24 hours using a Synergy H1 plate reader. Data was then analysed using the Gen5 Software.

FIG. 3. Total viable counts after 72 hours in P. aeruginosa inoculated orange juice. The red line shows the inoculated control and the purple, blue and orange show decreasing concentrations of peptide composition E_2_AM. Plates were read in a Synergy H1 plate reader

FIG. 4: Total viable counts after 72 hours in P. aeruginosa (left) and E. coli (right) inoculated milk at 37 degrees. Peptide composition E_2_AM is included at 5 mg/mL in blue. Plates were read in a Synergy H1 plate reader every 24 hours.

FIG. 5: Plate Count assay with Minced beef. Plates 1 & 2 show a bacterial count of 1×10 −1 CFU/mL and plates 3 & 4 are 1×10 −4 CFU/mL dilution with control (left) and peptide (right) at 37 degrees after 72 hours.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are pictures of agar plates in which E Coli ATCC25922 is growing showing an inhibition zone (9-10 mm) obtained with peptide I_87_SF (arrow). Control antibiotic discs (TET and CIP) were placed in the centre of each plate.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are pictures of agar plates in which Acinetobacter baumannii 19606 is growing, No antibacterial activity was detected. Control antibiotic discs (TET and CIP) were placed in the centre of each plate.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are pictures of agar plates in which MRSA 4330 is growing showing an inhibition zone (18 mm) obtained with peptide I_87_SF (arrow). Control antibiotic discs (TET and CIP) were placed in the centre of each plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Section A EXAMPLE 1 Inflammatory Response

TNF-α is secreted by macrophages in response to stimulation by endotoxins such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS). TNF-α is thought to be involved in systemic inflammation and dysregulation of TNF-α production is thought to be involved in many diseases. The Biolegend assay is a sandwich ELISA kit that is designed for the accurate quantitation of human TNF-α from cell culture supernatant, serum or plasma.

THP-1 monocytes were seeded in a 96 well plate at 10,000 cells per well in RPMI containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 1% Pen/strep, 1% L-glutamine, 100 nM PMA and allowed to differentiated for 72 h prior to experimentation.

Following differentiation the cells were incubated with 100 ng/ml, 10 ng/ml or 1 ng/ml synthetic peptide for 24 h respectively.

Following treatment the cells were stimulated with 10 ng/ml LPS for 5 h and the quantity of TNF-α in the supernatant determined using the Biolegend assay ELISA kit.

Results were calculated as a percentage of the untreated control. An increase in optical density reading indicates greater quantity of TNF-α release into cell culture supernatant.

The results are provided in FIGS. 1 to 21 and summarised in Table 1 below. All experiments were prepared in dublicate on three plates (6 wells/conditions). Significance was calculated using Stsudents t-test (*p<0.05 compared to control, **p<0.01 compared to control, *** p<0.001 compared to control).

TABLE 1 FIG. NUMBER SEQ ID TNF-α DECREASE FIG. 1 339 26% FIG. 2 352 23% FIG. 3 341 21% FIG. 4 351 18% FIG. 5 144 16% FIG. 6 93 14% FIG. 7 320 13% FIG. 8 92 13% FIG. 9 75 11% FIG. 10 76  9% FIG. 11 349  6% FIG. 12 350 FIG. 13 105  9% FIG. 14 177 FIG. 15 345 23% FIG. 16 353 20% FIG. 17 344 20% FIG. 18 346 18% FIG. 19 85 80% FIG. 20 91 80% FIG. 21 350 80%

EXAMPLE 2 Inflammatory Response

The effect of six synthetic peptides of the invention, SP1 to SP6 (SEQUENCE ID NO: 108, 109, 110, 111, 85 and 91) and four peptide compositions on the inflammatory response in vitro using a cell line was determined.

Peptide composition I_1_HR (Rice) contained the followings peptides (identified by SEQ ID): 116, 197, 207, 112, 211, 158, 201, 203, 114, 183, 130, 113, 182, 167, 166, 152, 220, 213, 215, 154, 219, 218, 165, 123, 185, 190, 209, 181, 198, 200, 147, 172, 184, 124, 153, 205, 115, 196, 151, 161, 160, 216, 210, 208, 146, 133, 204, 212, 206.

Peptide composition I_2_HR (Rice) contained the followings peptides (identified by SEQ ID): 189, 177, 174, 129, 176, 202, 193, 195, 194, 192, 182, 128, 220, 127, 134, 136, 135, 180, 179, 178, 219, 218, 145, 120, 175, 190, 149, 126, 187, 191, 121, 122, 159, 132, 162, 137, 150, 186, 188, 164, 118, 125, 163, 157, 156, 117.

Peptide composition E_1_HR (Pea) contained the followings peptides (identified by SEQ 76, 106, 102, 101, 100, 92, 96, 83, 89, 90, 104, 82, 75, 79, 78, 77, 99, 103, 72, 86, 105, 94, 93, 81, 97, 80, 88, 85, 87, 71, 107, 73, 84, 98, 95.

Peptide composition E_2_HR contained homologs of the peptides of the invention.

A J774.2 mouse macrophage cell line was treated with 100 μM of each synthetic peptide (SP) and 0.5 mg/ml of each peptide composition and the effect on two pro-inflammatory markers—tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) was determined after inflammation was induced using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as an inflammatory stimulus. A one way anova was used with the dunnett test which is a multiple comparison and compares every mean with a single control mean.

EXAMPLE 3 Synthetic Peptides: Cell Viability

Synthetic peptides were first diluted in a suitable solvent. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was the solvent of choice for peptides with poor predicted water solubility. Final concentration of DMSO in each well: SP1 (1_155_HR)-0.3%, SP2 (1_374_HR)-0%, SP3 (E_155_HR)-0.3%, SP4 (E_54_HR)-1%, SP5 (E_41_HR)-1%, SP6 (E_788_HR)-0.3%, positive Control-0%. Cells were first treated with 100 μM of each SP for 24 hours before an alamar blue assay was performed. No viability issues were seen with any of the peptides.

EXAMPLE 4 Peptide Compositions: Preparations and Toxicity

The peptide compositions were prepared by adjusting the pH to between 6-7 and sterile filtering. The effects of the peptide compositions on cell viability was determined. J774.2 macrophages were treated with 1 mg/ml and 0.5mg/ml of each peptide composition, hydrogen peroxide to induce cell death as a positive control, and a peptide known to be non-toxic as a negative control. An alamar blue assay was then performed and cell survival is shown in FIG. 19 as a percentage of untreated (100%). As cell survival was compromised with lmg/ml of peptide, 0.5 mg/ml of peptide composition was used for further assays.

EXAMPLE 5 Inflammatory Markers

The effect of the DMSO on TNFα and IL-1β secretion was determined. 1% DMSO significantly increased levels of TNFα (FIG. 3A. ***p<0.001 w.r.t LPS) and this was taken into account when analysing the effect of the peptides on TNFα. No significant effect was seen with regards DMSO and IL-1β secretion.

EXAMPLE 6 Inflammatory Response

THP-1 differentiated macrophages were treated with a composition of rice peptides of the invention (I_2_HR) for 24 hrs. prior to LPS stimulation were compared to untreated cells. TNF-α secretion in I_2_HR treated cells is reduced by 92% vs. untreated cells. Significant results are observed at 100 ug/ml and 500 ug/ml concentrations of I_2_HR, indicating the potency of I_2_HR.

Section B EXAMPLE 1 Cell Proliferation Assay

BrDu is incorporated into newly synthesised DNA strands of actively proliferating cells. Following partial denaturation of double stranded DNA, Brdu is detected immunochemically allowing the assessment of the population of cells which are synthesizing DNA.

Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF—Sigma 10605a) were seeded in a 96 well plate at 10,000 cells per well in DMEM containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 1% Pen/strep, 1% L-glutamine and allowed to adhere for 24 h.

Following the initial 24 h incubation the cells were incubated with 5 μg/ml, 0.5 μg/ml or 0.05 μg/ml synthetic peptide for 24 h respectively.

After 18 h incubation with synthetic peptides 20 μl BrDu reagent was added to each well. At 24 h incubation the cell were fixed and the amount of 2-DG6P was measured using the BrdU Cell Proliferation Assay, all steps were carried out according to the manufacturer's instructions. Results were calculated as a percentage of the untreated control. An increase in optical density reading indicates greater incorporation of BrDu and increase cell proliferation. The results are shown in FIGS. 1-100 and Table 2 below.

TABLE 2 FIG. SEQ INCREASE IN FIG. SEQ INCREASE IN NO ID PROLIFERATION NO ID PROLIFERATION 1 121 48% 29 98 49% 2 105 40% 30 454 38% 3 249 30% 31 85 35% 4 226 30% 32 453 25% 5 84 20% 33 158 21% 6 330 18% 34 464 18% 7 181 33% 35 73 16% 8 83 32% 36 359 15% 9 247 28% 37 124 15% 10 97 26% 38 112 15% 11 74 29% 39 733 12 40 728 13 168 41 727 14 151 42 730 15 470 119%  43 731 16 257 118%  44 148 17 256 117%  45 343 18 457 114%  46 345 19 499 113%  47 484 20 253 112%  48 729 21 222 110%  49 456 22 272 97% 50 494 23 252 111%  51 723 24 248 86% 52 722 25 472 77% 53 498 26 365 58% 54 475 13% 27 502 68% 55 718 28 496 51% 56 337  8% 57 500  6% 79 463 100%  58 717 80 465 96% 59 297 81 467 90% 60 340 82 461 85% 61 719 83 341 83% 62 726 84 468 82% 63 725 85 285 81% 64 724 86 496 81% 65 720 87 146 80% 66 721 88 478 76% 67 503 125%  89 452 76% 68 474 121%  90 495 68% 69 504 119%  91 403 51% 70 114 119%  92 455 47% 71 505 118%  93 270 47% 72 482 113%  94 501 43% 73 479 106%  95 473 41% 74 477 81% 96 39% 75 410 73% 97 471 38% 76 475 69% 98 460 38% 77 497 58% 99 93 26% 78 480 102%  100 462 15%

EXAMPLE 2 Collagen Production Assay

Hydroxyproline in tissue preparations is a direct measure of the amount of collagen present. FIRELISA Human Hydroxyproline ELISA kit assay is designed to measure hydroxyproline in tissue or peptide compositions.

Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF Sigma 10605a) were seeded in 24 well plates at 50,000 cells per well in DMEM containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 1% Pen/strep, 1% L-glutamine and allowed to adhere for 24 h.

Following the initial 24 h incubation the cells were incubated with 5 μg/ml, 1 μg/ml or 0.1 μg/ml synthetic peptide for 96 h respectively.

After treatment the cells were lysed using 4 freeze thaw cycles in liquid nitrogen. The lysed cells were centrifuged and 50 μl/ml of each supernatant was assayed using the FIRELISA Human Hydroxyproline ELISA kit. All steps were carried out according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Results were calculated as a percentage of the untreated control. An increase in optical density reading indicates an increase collagen content. The results are shown in FIGS. 102, 104, 106 and 109

EXAMPLE 3 Elastin Production Assay

Elastin is a highly elastic protein in connective tissue and allows many tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting. FIRELISA Human Elastin ELISA kit assay is designed to measure Elastin in tissue or protein/peptide compositions.

Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF) were seeded in 24 well plates at 50,000 cells per well in DMEM containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 1% Pen/strep, 1% L-glutamine and allowed to adhere for 24 h.

Following the initial 24 h incubation the cells were incubated with 5 μg/ml, 1 μg/ml or 0.1 μg/ml synthetic peptide for 96 h respectively.

After treatment the cells were lysed using 4 freeze thaw cycles in liquid nitrogen. The lysed cells were centrifuged and 50 μl/ml of each supernatant was assayed using the FIRELISA Human Elastin ELISA kit. All steps were carried out according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Results were calculated as a percentage of the untreated control. An increase in optical density reading indicates an increase collagen content.

The results are shown in FIGS. 101, 103, 105, 107, 108 and 109.

EXAMPLE 4 Elastin and Cell Proliferation Assays

Equipment

Incubator, Flow Laminar Chamber, Sterile Polished Plastic Rod, Pipettor, Maintenance medium, Plate 6 well, Plate 24 well.

Reagents

MTT, PBS, SDS, Formaldehyde, Xylene, Ethanol absolute, Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS), Metal Enhanced DAB substrate kit, ABC peroxidase staining kit, Citric acid, Sodium hydroxide 2N, Hydrogen peroxide 30%, Anti-Filaggrin, Anti-rabbit IgG-Biotin, Tween 20.

Test System

Nature: Human skin tissue 5 mm diameter

Batch number: EXP004050B009 and EXP004050B011

Provider: Laboratoire Biopredic International—8-18 rue Jean Pecker—35000 Rennes—France.

Tel: +33 (0)2.99.14.36.14—Fax: +33 (0)2.99.54.44.72.

Certificates of analysis are present in Annex 1.

Two batches are used for the assay. Batch EXP004050B005 is used for experiment day 1, and Batch EXP004050B006 is used for experiment day 5.

Maintenance Medium

Maintenance Medium: Batch n°: MIL 218C

Provider: Laboratoire Biopredic International—8-18 rue Jean Pecker—35000 Rennes—France.

Peptides Tested

SEQ ID NO: 283 P1: SEQ ID NO: 246 P2: SEQ ID NO: 284 P3: (SEQ ID 1319) P4: RPYYSNAPQEIF (SEQ ID 1320) P5: VLLEQQEQEPQH SEQ ID NO: 245 P6: (SEQ ID 1321) P7: QQYGIAASPFLQSAA SEQ ID NO: 42 P8:

Compositions Tested

P9 (14-CHL-0723-09) is the Pea composition (SEQ ID Numbers:50, 85, 74, 140, 82, 136, 189, 77, 169, 149, 171, 178, 143, 127, 190, 141, 147, 133, 186, 125, 122, 119, 87, 90, 86, 89, 138, 129, 123, 120, 117, 113, 110, 121, 105, 98, 55, 161, 19, 317, 135, 130, 146, 177, 160, 170, 188, 83, 78, 36, 96, 159, 26, 330, 168, 148, 184, 151, 151, 165, 114, 284)

P10 (14-CHL-0723-010) is the Rice composition (SEQ ID Numbers: 245, 246, 263, 250, 257, 259, 276, 255, 251, 264, 256, 266, 274, 270, 269, 356, 245, 380, 262, 258, 356, 218, 252, 358, 271, 253, 344, 275, 272, 226, 224, 220, 248, 261, 265, 373, 375, 247, 249, 363, 273, 343, 273, 362)

Application Method

Skin explants were prepared from abdominal plastic surgery. Some explants were delipidated with alcohol to obtain a dehydrated skin.

These explants were maintained in maintenance medium supplied by the provider Bioprédic International for 5 days. Test items are applied twice per day with 5 μL per explant. At the end of the test, viabilities controls are realized with the MTT on two explants, the third explant is fixed in the formaldehyde 4% for histology and cell staining.

For each time of analysis (D1 and D5), histologies on delipidated explants, treated explants with test items, the DMSO 0.3% control and water control, are performed.

After receipt in the laboratory, each skin explant in the maintenance medium is delipidated with 5 μL alcohol during 3 hours.

After 3 hours, all skin explants are treated two per day with test items, and they are incubated at 37° C. +/−2° C., 5% CO2 for 1 day or 5 days.

Integrity of the system is realized at day 1 and day 5 with a viability control with MTT.

Immunostaining

Histology is realized by the laboratory Gredeco and the immunostaining to elastin and Ki67 are realized by the same laboratory. Immunostaining to filaggrin is realized by the laboratory Intertek.

The detection of elastin (rabbit monoclonal antibody, clone P15502, LSBio) is performed using an immunoperoxidase technique two layers (ABC kit, Vector Laboratories) and revealed by AEC (3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole). The immunohistochemical staining intensity in the elastic fibers is evaluated using a semi-quantitative histological score. Epithelial proliferation was analyzed by immunohistochemistry using anti-Ki67 antibody.

Immunodetection was performed using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique three layers, amplified (DAKO kit) and revealed by AEC (3-Amino-9-ethylcarbazole). Counting the number of labeled cells (keratinocytes of the basal layer of the epidermis) is performed and provides the total number of basal cells to calculate the % of labeled cells.

The specific staining of filaggrin is performed with an immunoperoxidase staining (ABC kit, Fisher). The intensity of immunohistochemical marker in the epidermis is evaluated relative to the negative control of the solvent (Water or DMSO 0.3%).

C: Results Viability Control

The integrity control and the viability control are present in FIG. 1. These controls do allow to validate the assay system. The viability is >50% for test items, and they do not show a cytotoxicity according to the test.

Immunostaining Elastin Expression

The elastic fibers of the dermis were revealed by staining with the catechin and morphometrically quantified by analysis by computer-assisted image. The percentage area taken up by elastic fibers in the dermis was calculated in the dermis and the average superficial dermis. Results are presents in Table 4, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3.

Under the experimental conditions of the study, 0723-1 and 0723-3 samples show an increase by twice of elastic fibers in the superficial dermis compared to control water (Error! Reference source not found.), and an increase in the middle dermis compared to the water control at D5. The 0723-2 sample shows an increase doubled in the middle dermis at day 1 compared to control water and an increase at day 5.

Ki67 Expression

The results of the immunohistochemical analysis of Ki67 are reported in Table 5 and expressed as % of labelled at the basal layer of the epidermis. The Error! Reference source not found. shows the percentage of Ki 67 cells compared to negative controls (water or DMSO). Immunohistochemical analysis of mitotic activity is shown in annex 4 with a reminder of the average for each analysed conditions.

Table 5. % of Ki67 positive cells in the basal layer of the epidermis. Orange bands correspond to samples dissolved into DMSO 0.3% instead of water.

Under the experimental conditions of the study, test item 0723-06, 0723-08, 0723-09 and 0723-010 show an increase in the number of mitotic cells compared to EGF at day 1. A decrease in the mitotic index was observed on day 5 compared to day 1 for all analysed conditions.

The decrease in this cell staining on day 5 is caused by the model. Indeed, after approximately 3 days cell turnover is exhausted on this model.

Section C EXAMPLE 1

Measuring glucose uptake using 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) is a widely accepted method used to investigate glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells. 2-DG is taken up by glucose transporters and metabolized to 2-DG-6-phosphate (2-DG6P). The amount of accumulated non-metabolized 2-DG6P is proportional to glucose uptake by cells.

Method:

1. Human skeletal myoblasts (Sigma 150-05a) were seeded in a 96 well plate at 10,000 cells per well in Skeletal Muscle Differentiation medium and allowed to differentiated for 72 h prior to experimentation.

2. The differentiated cells were serum starved for 24 h prior to stimulation with insulin or synthetic peptides. After starvation, the serum free media was removed, cells rinsed with Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) and media replaced with 100 μl of Krebs-Ringer-Phosphate-HEPES (KRPH) and incubated for 1 h.

3. The cells were then stimulated with 100 nM insulin for 30 minutes or 5 μg/ml, 0.5 μg/ml or 0.05 m/ml synthetic peptide for 3 h respectively.

4. Following stimulation the cells were incubated with 10 μl/well of 2-DG solution for 40 min and glucose uptake was measured using the PrismColor Glucose Uptake Assay Kit' (Molecutools), all steps were carried out according to the manufacturer's instructions.

5. Results were calculated as a percentage of the untreated control. An increase in optical density reading indicates greater incorporation of 2-DG6P and increase in glucose uptake. All experiments were carried out in duplicate on three plates (6 wells/condition). Significance was determined using the Students t-test (*p<0.05 compared to control, **p<0.01 compared to control, *** p<0.001 compared to control)

The results are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2—all synthetic peptides caused a significant increase in glucose uptake in the cells.

EXAMPLE 2 Study Description

Skeletal muscle is the predominant site of glucose disposal (80%) under insulin-stimulated or post-prandial conditions. Under these conditions, transport of glucose into skeletal muscle is facilitated principally by the insulin-responsive glucose transport protein GLUT4, which translocates to the cell surface upon insulin or contractile stimulation.

We determined the effect of six synthetic peptides (SP1-6) and four peptide compositions on in vitro GLUT4 translocation using the L6 rat skeletal muscle cell line. A clone of the L6 cell line containing overexpression of GLUT4 tagged with a c-myc epitope (courtesy of Prof. Amira Klip, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto) was used to investigate the efficacy of each synthetic peptide and peptide composition for effects on GLUT4 translocation in a dose-response design.

SP2 [SEQ ID 555] is a glucose transport promoting fragment of Pea Protein P13918, whereas peptides SP1 and SP3-SP6 are comparative peptides.

SP1 (E_685two_BE) [SEQ ID 1309] DTFYNAAWDPSNR SP2 (E_64two_BE) [SEQ ID 555] VLDLAIPVNRPGQL SP3 (E_93_BE) [SEQ ID 25] YQHQQGGKQEQENEGNNIFSGFK SP4 (I_641_BE) [SEQ ID 1310] ALDWAIANLLR SP5 (I_1021_BE) [SEQ ID 1311] YDYENVDAGAAK SP6 (I_24_BE) [SEQ ID 1312] EVQDSPLDACR

The following compositions of peptides were tested for skeletal muscle glucose transport activity in an in-vitro test:

I_2_BE (comprises peptides of SEQ ID NO: 55 and 10)

E_1_BE (comprises peptides of SEQ ID NO: 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63)

Cell culture

L6-GLUT4myc cells were grown in 10% FBS and 2 μg/ml blasticidin. Cells were grown for 48-72 hours before being seeded in 24-well plates at 15,000 cells per well in 2% FBS and allowed to differentiate for 6 to 8 days prior to experimentation.

L6-GLUT4myc cells were serum-starved for three hours prior to incubation with 100 nM of insulin for 30 mins, or 200, 20, 2.0 and 0.2 μM of SP, and 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.25mg/ml of peptide composition for 3 hours respectively. A 3 hour incubation period was selected based on previous findings identifying that incubation with branch chain amino acid containing di-peptides for 3 hours increases glucose uptake in L6 myotubes 1. Treatments were staggered in order to determine GLUT4myc translocation at the same time point.

Measurement of GLUT4myc Translocation in L6 Myotubes

The quantity of myc-tagged GLUT4 at the cell surface was measured by antibody-coupled colorimetric assay. Briefly, after incubation with either insulin for 30 mins or synthetic peptide or peptide composition for 3 hours respectively, L6-GLUT4myc cells were fixed via incubation with 3% paraformaldehyde (PFA). A 0.1 M glycine solution was then added to quench PFA and cells were blocked with 5% goat serum. The myotube monolayer was exposed to anti-myc antibody and then incubated with peroxidase conjugated donkey anti-mouse IgG. 1mL of o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (OPD) reagent was added to each well and this reaction was stopped by adding 250 μl/well of 3 M HCL. To determine GLUT4 translocation to cell surface, a measured aliquot of each condition was determined spectrophotometrically on a plate reader using absorbance at 492 nm.

Synthetic Peptides

Peptides were first diluted in a suitable solvent. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was the solvent of choice for peptides with poor predicted water solubility. Final concentration of DMSO in each well at 200, 20, 2 and 0.2 μM for each synthetic peptide are shown in Table 6.

Peptide Compositions

Peptide compositions were prepared by adjusting the pH to between 6-7 using 1 M NaOH or HCL and subsequently sterile filtered.

TABLE 6 Concentration of DMSO per well for each synthetic peptide Concentration of DMSO per well (%) Peptide 200 μM 20 μM 2 μM 0.2 μM SP1 (E_685two_BE) 4.0 0.4 0.04 0.004 SP2 (E_64two_BE) 0.9 0.09 0.009 0.0009 SP3 (E_93_BE) 0.8 0.08 0.008 0.0008 SP4 (I_641_BE) 0.2 0.02 0.002 0.0002 SP5 (I_1021_BE) 3.0 0.3 0.03 0.003 SP6 (I_24_BE) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Synthetic peptides

In addition to an untreated control, 100 nM insulin was utilised to stimulate a maximal GLUT4 translocation response i.e. a positive control in each experiment. The average increase in cell surface GLUT4 translocation in response to 100 nM insulin was 1.72-fold when compared to untreated control (FIG. 3). Treatments were staggered so that all conditions (untreated, insulin and sample) were processed at the same time-point. There was a trend for SP2 to increase GLUT4 translocation at a concentration ranging from 0.2-2 μM. SP1 at 200 μM tended to decrease translocation due to poor cell viability.

Peptide Compositions

Peptide composition E_1_BE tended to increase GLUT4 translocation at a concentration ranging from 0.25-0.5 mg/ml, however 1 and 2 mg/ml induced progressive cell death. Furthermore, there was a trend for composition I_2_BE to increase GLUT4 translocation in a dose-dependent manner (FIGS. 4-6).

Conclusion of the Experiment

SP2 and compositions E_1_BE and I_2_BE displayed a trend for stimulatory effect on skeletal muscle GLUT4 translocation and warrant further investigation for their potential to facilitate glucose transport in skeletal muscle.

EXAMPLE 3 Anti-Hyperglycaemic Properties of Peptide Compositions I_2 BE and E_1_BE in db/db Mice Preparation

I_2_BE or E_1_BE is administered as a solution or suspension in Purified Water. According to stability data, test item formulations at 10 mg/ml in Purified Water are stable for 10 hours at +2-+8° C. protected from light. Therefore test item formulations are kept at +2-+8° C. protected from light and used within 10 hours after preparation. Aspect of formulations and maximal duration of storage are detailed below.

Material Species: Mouse.

Strain: BKS.Cg-Dock7m+/+Leprdb/J (db/db diabetic mice) (souche JAXTM Mice strain). Choice of species: The mouse was chosen because of its acceptance as a predictor of pharmacological effects of drugs in man and the recognition by regulatory authorities that this species is suitable for pharmacodynamic studies.

Age: 8-9 weeks on the day of randomisation.

Weight: On the day of randomisation, a maximum range of 2.5 g between each group should be achieved. The body weight of the animals on the day of randomisation will be mentioned in the report. About 10% excess animals will be ordered to allow selection of animals on the basis of body weight; if unassigned to groups, these will be available as spare animals, in case of unforeseen events.

Study Design

The study involves 3 groups of 12 animals each. Groups will be as follows:

-   -   Group 1: control group dosed with the vehicle (Purified Water),         po     -   Group 2: I_2_BE at 100 mg/kg, po     -   Group 3: E_1_BE at 100 mg/kg, po

Allocation of treatment to each animal is randomly determined before the start of the study. Homogeneity of groups will be validated on the criterion of body weight and glycaemia measured on the day of randomisation.

Justification of the number of animals per group:

The number of animals per group is the minimum number enabling an accurate assessment of the pharmacokinetics profile.

Study Calendar

-   -   D-4 : Weighing, glycaemia measurements, inclusion and         randomisation of animals     -   D1: Weighing of animals, start of daily oral administrations of         test items or vehicle, and glycaemia measurements     -   D8: Weighing of animals and glycaemia measurements     -   D15: Weighing of animals and glycaemia measurements     -   D16-D18: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)     -   D22: Weighing of animals and glycaemia measurements     -   D29: Weighing of animals and glycaemia measurements     -   D29-D31: Blood sampling followed by the organs sampling

Glycaemia Measurements

Blood glucose level is measured weekly from D1 up to D29, 90 ±30 minutes after the daily treatment. A drop of blood is collected from the tail vein of non fasted db/db mice and is put on the extremity of a glucose strip (Nova Biomedical) placed into the Glucose Meter (Nova Biomedical).

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)

Over the third week (D16-D18) and after an overnight fasting period, the OGTT is performed. After a blood glucose level measurement (predose value) and 30 minutes after the daily oral administrations of test items or vehicle, animals are dosed by the oral route with 10 mL/kg of a glucose solution at 0.2 g/mL (2 g/kg) in Purified Water. Afterwards, blood glucose level are measured following the same procedure described above, at times 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the glucose overload.

Intermediate Results

The effects of I_2_BE and E_1_BE on body weight and glycaemia are compared with those of the vehicle and the delta corresponding to the evolution of blood sugar in each group is calculated from D1 to D15. Evolution of blood glucose from D-5 to D1 and therefor prior to treatment shows that progression of the disease is the same in all three groups. Strong trends of activity were observed for both peptide compositions compare to control between D1 and D15 showing that both peptide compositions are able to control the evolution of blood sugar in diabetic animals.

Results

The effects of I_2_BE and E_1_BE on body weight and glycaemia are compared with those of the vehicle using an analysis of variance for repeated measurements with a Dunnett's test in case of significance (P≦0.05). For OGTT, the results of glycemia after the glucose overload in treated animals is compared with those of the vehicle animals using an analysis of variance for repeated measurements with a Dunnett's test in case of significance (P=0.05).

Biochemical results (plasma glucose, HbA1c and insulin) are expressed as absolute values. The effects of I_2_BE and E_1_BE on biochemical parameters are compared with those of the vehicle using an analysis of variance with a Dunnett's test in case of significance (P≦0.05).

Section D EXAMPLE 1

The anti-bacterial effects of peptide compositions of the invention were tested. The compositions are:

E_1_AM Contains substantially all of SEQ ID 106-251, 81, 68, 66, 106 and 107

E_2_AM Contains substantially all of SEQ ID 106-251, 81 and 68

Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations and Zone of Inhibition

MIC and MBC assays were carried out in Mueller Hinton broth previously adjusted to pH5, 7 and 9 and inoculated with 1×105 CFU/mL of each bacteria. The values shown represent the mean of three replicates performed on three independent days. Concentrations necessary to inhibit and completely halt growth are consistently lower in all strains at pH5. As the pH increases so too does the MIC and MBC suggesting that the bioactivity is improved in acidic conditions. This may be as a result of these conditions inducing a favourable isoelectric point an therefore, and enhanced electrostatic interaction between the positively charged hydrolysate and the negatively charged bacterial membrane. The zones of inhibition shown are the mean of three independent replicate experiments with the standard deviation. Values range from ˜11 mm to ˜21 mm with the best activity observed in P. aeruginosa. Each well is 8 mm in diameter alone and studies were conducted in Mueller Hinton agar at pH7.

Growth Curve in Mueller Hinton Broth pH7 at 37 degrees over 24 hours (FIG. 2) and Total viable counts of P. aeruginosa in peptide treated orange juice over 72 hours (FIG. 3)

The peptide composition interferes with the growth of P. aeruginosa. At a concentration of 1024 μg/mL, sh_0MBH9Q extended the lag-time of P. aeruginosa by ˜10 hours. Concentrations above this resulted in complete cell death. This value corresponds to the MBC determined at pH7.

Fresh orange juice was inoculated with P. aeruginosa at 1×105 CFU/mL and plates were read at selected time points. Increased reduction in the microbial population appears to be linear with the increasing concentration of the peptide composition continues to reduce counts of P. aeruginosa over time and induces a ˜1.2 log reduction at 4096 μg/mL after 72 hours.

Total viable counts after 72 hours in P. aeruginosa (FIG. 4 left) and E. coli (FIG. 4 right) inoculated milk at 37 degrees.

The plate count study was conducted with peptide compositions at a concentration of 5 mg/mL. The meat used was fresh beef mince with 5% fat content. FIG. 5 highlights the complete reduction in microbial counts of the microflora and pathogens present in the meat after 72 hours at dilutions of 1×10 −1 CFU/mL and 1×10 −4 CFU/mL when treated with 5 times the MIC identified in standard conditions. This study suggests the compound could be a suitable natural ingredient for extending the shelf life and control pathogenic populations in fresh minced meat.

EXAMPLE 2

The following peptides were tested for bacterial inhibition activity in solid and liquid media test. I_87_SF [SEQ ID 640] is an antibacterial fragment of Rice Protein P14614, whereas the remaining six peptides are comparative peptides.

I_45_SF (SEQ ID 1313) ITSVNSQKFPILNLIQMSATR I_77_SF (SEQ ID 1314) SRVQVVSNFGK E_31_SF (SEQ ID 1315) VLDLAIPVNKPGQLQSFLLSGTQNQPSLLSGFSK E_376_SF (SEQ ID 1316) NAMFVPHYNLNANSIIYALKGR E_78_SF (SEQ ID 1317) LRPGVMFVVPAGHPFVNIASK E_354_SF (SEQ ID 1318) GLFDLGHPLVNR I_87_SF [SEQ ID 640] LNSQKFPILNLVQLSATR

TABLE 7 UCD_CFS_Strains used for Determination of antibacterial activity Strain Type Hospital/Isolation Source ARP (Resistant to) Reference Gram- E. coli 25922 Reference FDA strain Seattle 1946 — PEN; VAN; AMP; CLI; http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvanced negative [DSM 1103, NCIB CL CatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/4 12210] 52/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=25922& Template=bacteria Acinetobacter Reference Deposit in ATCC as Urine — Hugh R, Reese R. Designation of the baumannii Bacterium anitratum type strain for Bacterium anitratum ATCC19606 Schaub and Hauber Schaub and Hauber 1948. Int. J. Syst. 2208 [81, DSM 6974] Bacteriol. 17: 245-254, 1967. Gram- MRSA ATCC Reference Kansas Human AMP; PEN; OXA; http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvanced positive 43300 MET; AXO; CIP; CatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/4 LEVO; GAT; ERY; CLI 52/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=43300& Template=bacteria Abbreviations: MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; ARP - Antibiotic Resistance Profile; AMC - Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid; C-Chloramphenicol; F- Furazolidone; Fc- Florfenicol Gm-Gentamycin; N-Neomycin; NAL-Nalidixic acid; S-Streptomycin; Su-Sulfonamides; TET- Tetracycline; TMP-Trimetoprim; AMP-ampicillin; PEN - penicillin; OXA - oxacillin; MET-methicillin; AXO - ceftriaxone; CIP- ciprofloxacin; LEVO-levofloxacin; GAT - gatifloxacin; ERY-erythromycin; CLI- clindamycin; CL- Cephalexin

Compounds tested. A total of 1 compound (1 peptide) was tested. Peptide stock=5 mg/mL dissolved in DMSO.

Preparation of the peptide. The powder was reconstituted with 1.04 mL of DMSO to achieve a final concentration of 5 mg/mL. The peptide was in high purity. No precipitation problems. Antibacterial activity testing (in solid media). Bacterial inoculums were adjusted to McFarland 0.5 standard and MHA plates swabbed. Blank disks were placed in the plates and 10 μL of each compound (at 64 μg/mL—maximum concentration tested) added. Plates were incubated at 37° C. for 16-18 hours. Appropriate controls (DMSO; Mueller-Hinton media alone; and two antibiotic discs—ciprofloxacin and tetracycline) were also performed.

Results from the Testing in Agar-Plates

Determination of antibacterial activity (inhibition of growth) was performed in Mueller-Hinton plates. After incubation period results were registered and plates photographed.

TABLE 8 Inhibition zone diameter (mm) Compounds E. coli ATCC 25922 A. baumannii ATCC 19606 MRSA ATCC 43300 ID Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 I_87_SF 10 10  9 NI NI NI 18 18 18 TET 28 26 26 23 24 24 31 31 32 CIP 42 40 42 27 28 27 27 28 29 DMSO NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI MH NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI

Legend: TET—tetracycline; CIP—Ciprofloxacin; MH—Mueller-Hinton (control); NI—No Inhibition of growth

Final result: Peptide I_87_SF showed some inhibitory activity against E. coli and MRSA, but not at the levels of susceptibility. No activity was obtained against A. baumannii.

Results from the Testing in Agar-Plates (Photos)

Note: Only one set is shown since the other two sets had the same results. Control antibiotic discs (TET and CIP) were placed in the centre of each plate.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments hereinbefore described which may be varied in construction and detail without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments hereinbefore described which may be varied in construction and detail without departing from the spirit of the invention.

SEQUENCES PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1] SRGPIYSNEFGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 2] NSFNLER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 3] VLDLAIPVNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 4] DDNEELR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 5] LSSGDVFVIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 6] EDDEEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 7] NILEASFNTDYEEIEKVLLEEHEKETQHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 8] NILEASFNTDYEEIEKVLLEEHEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 9] NILEASFNTDYEEIEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 10] RQQSQEENVIVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 11] QQSQEENVIVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 12] LSRGQIEELSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 13] GQIEELSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 14] VLLEEHEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 15] SKPHTIFLPQHTDADYILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 16] PHTIFLPQHTDADYILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 17] SNKFQTLFENENGHIR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 18] SKIFENLQNYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 19] IFENLQNYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 20] ILENQKQSHFADAQPQQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 21] PGQLQSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 22] FFELTPEKNQQLQDLDLFVNSVDLK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 23] QLEELSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 24] QEEDEDEDEER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 25] YQHQQGGKQEQENEGNNIFSGFK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 26] GDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEEDLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 27] RQQGEETDAIVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 28] VLLEEQEKDRK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 29] NILEASYNTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 30] FEAFDLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 31] EQIEELKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 32] EQIEELK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 33] NKNQYLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 34] LSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITASSNLNLLGFGINAENNER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 35] PSYEKQEDEEEKQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 36] EEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 37] TLFLPQYTDADFILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 38] LVDLVIPVNGPGKFEAFDLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 39] KNPQLQDLDIFVNYVEIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 40] GYVGLTFPGCPATHQQQFQLFEQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 41] RGPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 42] DEHQKIHQFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 43] FRDEHQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 44] FPILNLIQMSATR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 45] TNANAFVSHLAGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 46] ALPVDVVANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 47] YVYDVNNNANQLEPRQKEFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 48] VYVYDVNNNANQLEPRQKEFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 49] ADSYNPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 50] KPTLTQQQEQAQAQDQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 51] QAQAQDQYQQVQY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 52] QAQDQYQQVQY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 53] LQAFEPLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 54] SRVQVVSNFGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 55] WNVNAHSLVY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 56] NVNAHSLVY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 57] IQGRSRVQVVSNFGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 58] GKTVFDGVLRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 59] FGKTVFDGVLRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 60] FQQQYYPGLSNESESETSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 61] QQYYPGLSN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 62] QQQYYPGLSN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 63] VTNLNTQNFPILSLVQMSAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 64] ITQGRARVQVVNNNGKTVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 65] ITQGRARVQVVNNNGKTVFNGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 66] ITQGRARVQVVNNNGKTVFNG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 67] RVQVVNNNGKTVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 68] RALPNDVLANAYRISREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 69] SIFRALPNDVLANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 70] SIFRALPNDVLANAY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 71] SIFRALPNDVLAN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 72] SSIFRALPNDVLANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 73] SIFRALPNDVLANAYRISREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 74] SIFRALPND PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 75] IYVTDLNNGANQLDPRQRD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 76] VTNLNSQNFPILNLVQMSAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 77] QNIDNPNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 78] ADTYNPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 79] NIDNPNRADTYNPRAGRVTNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 80] RVRQNIDNPNRADTYNPRAGRVTNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 81] TNPNSMVSHIAGKSSIFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 82] HNRGDEFGAFTPLQYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 83] SYQDVYNVAESS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 84] ISREEAQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 85] SIFRALPTDVLANAYRISREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 86] YRISREEAQRLKHNRGDEF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 87] YRISREEAQRLKHNRGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 88] FKDEHQKIHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 89] QGDVIALPAGVAHW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 90] TVFNGELRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 91] TVFNGELR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 92] QVQVVNNNGKTVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 93] YIIQGRGITGPTF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 94] VYIIQGRGITGPTF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 95] LQAFEPIRSVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 96] GLSLLQPYASLQEQEQGQMQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 97] GEIVRVER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 98] RGLSLLQPYASLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 99] RGLSLLQPYASLQEQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 100] RGLSLLQPYASLQEQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 101] RGLSLLQPYASLQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 102] RNPQAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 103] FLLAGNKRNPQAY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 104] EVEEWSQNIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 105] LAGNKRNPQAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 106] FLLAGNKRNPQA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 107] ELGAPDVGHPMSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 108] IVQGHARVQVVSNLGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 109] IVQGHARVQVVSNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 110] IVQGHARVQVVSN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 111] NNRGEELGAFTPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 112] GEELGAFTPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 113] FPILNLVQLSATR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 114] SIEQHSGQNIFSGFNNELLSEALGVNALVAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 115] LQGQNDQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 116] SGFNNELLSEALGVNALVAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 117] PAFAQQQEQAQQQEQAQAQY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 118] VAKRLQGQNDQRGEI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 119] ALVAKRLQGQNDQRGEI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 120] LQGQNDQRGEIIR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 121] PNVNPWHNPRQGGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 122] FYNEGDAPVVALY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 123] FYNEGDAPVV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 124] FYNEGDAPVVAL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 125] FYNEGDAPVVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 126] TNANSMVSHLAGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 127] AMPVDVIANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 128] NWENVLLGLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 129] NVLLGLGVAGSAPGIEGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 130] NWENVLLGLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 131] FNAPLAHLIMAGADVLAVPSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 132] FNAPLAHLIM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 133] FNAPLAHLIMAGADVLAVPSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 134] VVGTPAYEEMVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 135] TGGLGDVLGGLPPAMAANGHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 136] YDQYKDAWDTSVVAEIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 137] DAWDTSVVAEIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 138] VMVISPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 139] LTGITGIVNGMDVSEWDPSKDK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 140] VLTVSPYYAEELISGIAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 141] EALQAEAGLPVDRK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 142] YDATTAIEAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 143] IPLIAFIGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 144] AGILEADR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 145] IPLIAFIGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 146] VFIDHPSFLEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 147] GPDTGVDYKDNQM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 148] IYGPDTGVDYKDNQMR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 149] IYGPDTGVDYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 150] ILNLNNNPYFK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 151] APTGTFIASGVVVGKD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 152] QNYLSGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 153] TIKLPAGTIAYLVNRDDNEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 154] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 155] AIPVNRPGQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 156] PAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 157] VQNYKAKLSSGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 158] NNQRNFLAGDEDNVISQIQRPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 159] INKQVQNYKAKLSSGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 160] LAIPVNRPGQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 161] NFLAGDEDNVISQIQRPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 162] DLAIPVNRPGQLQSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 163] VIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 164] DTIKLPAGTIAYLVNRDDNEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 165] LAIPVNRPGQLQSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 166] KQVQNYKAKLSSGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 167] RGDTIKLPAGTIAYLVNRDDNEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 168] FLAGDEDNVISQIQRPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 169] LAIPVNRPGQLQS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 170] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 171] DLAIPVNRPGQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 172] VFVIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 173] TIFLPQHTDADYILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 174] NQRNFLAGDEDNVISQIQRPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 175] LAIPVNRPGQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 176] HPVAVKASSNLDLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 177] LAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 178] DLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 179] SKPHTIFLPQHTDADYILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 180] FVIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 181] DLAIPVNRPGQLQS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 182] SGDVFVIPAGHPVAVKASSNLD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 183] AIPVNRPGQLQSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 184] ELAFPGSAQEVDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 185] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 186] VFVIPAGHPVAVKASSNLDLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 187] AGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 188] HPVAVKASSNLDLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 189] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLSGNQNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 190] SGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 191] GSLLLPHYNSRAIVIVTVNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 192] NFLAGDEDNVISQIQRPVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 193] SGDVFVIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 194] GSLLLPHYNSRAIVIV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 195] RGDTIKLPAGTIAYLVNRDD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 196] SGDVFVIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 197] LSSGDVFVIPAGHPVAVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 198] LDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 199] AIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 200] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 201] PHTIFLPQHTDADYILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 202] VFVIPAGHPVAVKASSNLD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 203] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 204] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 205] AIPVNRPGQLQS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 206] DTIKLPAGTIAYLVNRDDNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 207] NYKAKLSSGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 208] GKAILTVLKPDDRNSFNLE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 209] YKSKPHTIFLPQHTDAD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 210] ASSNLDLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 211] DEEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 212] YKSKPHTIFLPQHTD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 213] VLDLAIPVNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 214] FFEITPEKNPQLQDLDIFVNSVEIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 215] TIFLPQHTDADYIL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 216] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 217] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 218] NQQEQRKEDDEEEEQGEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 219] EEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 220] SRGPIYSNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 221] EDDEEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 222] DDEEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 223] KEDDEEEEQGEEEIN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 224] KEDDEEEEQGEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 225] QRKEDDEEEEQGEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 226] KEDDEEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 227] KEDDEEEEQGEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 228] HPVAITASSNLNLLG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 229] ASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 230] ITASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 231] ITASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 232] SSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 233] VDLVIPVNGPGKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 234] LVIPVNGPGKFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 235] LVIPVNGPGKFEA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 236] LRLVDLVIPVNGPGKFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 237] YRAKPHTIFLPQHIDAD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 238] HPVAITASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 239] SNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 240] HPVAITASSNLNLLGFGINAENNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 241] LVDLVIPVNGPGKFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 242] LVIPVNGPGKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 243] TIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 244] DLRLVDLVIPVNGPGKFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 245] EDLRLVDLVIPVNGPGKFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 246] HPVAITASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 247] LVDLVIPVNGPGKFEAFDLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 248] DNVISQIENPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 249] VVIIPAGHPVAITASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 250] LVDLVIPVNGPGKFEAF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 251] YPQLQDLDL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 252] VIPVNGPGKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 253] SKKSLPSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 254] LPQHIDADLILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 255] RGDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 256] IPVNGPGKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 257] LPQHIDADL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 258] LVIPVNGPGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 259] IFLPQHIDAD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 260] LPQHIDAD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 261] VIPVNGPGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 262] IFLPQHIDA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 263] TIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 264] HGEWRPSYEKEEDEEEGQRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 265] EKRHGEWRPSYEKEEDEEEGQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 266] LPAGTTSYLVNQDDEEDLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 267] PSYEKEEDEEEGQRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 268] EKRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 269] TIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 270] HGEWRPSYEKQEDEEEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 271] EWRPSYEKEEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 272] PSYEKEEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 273] EKEEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 274] EWRPSYEKEEDEEEGQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 275] KEEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 276] VQPGRERWEREEDEEQVDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 277] DVVIIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 278] HGEWRPSYEKQEDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 279] EEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 280] HGEWRPSYEKEEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 281] EEWRGSQRREDPEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 282] REEDEEQVDEEWRGSQRREDPEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 283] RHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 284] HGEWRPSYEKQEDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 285] VVIIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 286] HGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 287] KEEDEEEGQRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 288] VVIIPAGHPVAIT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 289] EKRHGEWRPSYEKEEDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 290] QVDEEWRGSQRREDPEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 291] GDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEEDLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 292] GSEPRVPAQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 293] EEKRHGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 294] EWRPSYEKEEDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 295] NYDEGSEPRVPAQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 296] VIIPAGHPVAIT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 297] RHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 298] NYDEGSEPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 299] WRPSYEKEEDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 300] WRPSYEKQEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 301] EKRHGEWRPSYEKQEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 302] VVIIPAGHPVAITA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 303] KRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 304] GSDDNVISQIENPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 305] VVIIPAGHPV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 306] HGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 307] RPSYEKEEDEEEGQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 308] HGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 309] KRHGEWRPSYEKEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 310] VVIIPAGHPVAITAS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 311] RGDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 312] KRHGEWRPSYEKQEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 313] DEEQVDEEWRGSQRREDPEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 314] RHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 315] HGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 316] KRHGEWRPSYEKEEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 317] EKRHGEWRPSYEKEEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 318] TIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEEDLRLVD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 319] WRPSYEKEEDEEEGQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 320] KRHGEWRPSYEKEEDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 321] VVIIPAGHPVAI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 322] EWRGSQRREDPEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 323] HGEWRPSYEKQEDEEEKQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 324] SGSDDNVISQIENPVKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 325] RPSYEKEEDEEEGQRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 326] EKEEDEEEGQRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 327] HGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 328] WRPSYEKEEDEEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 329] LAKNKNQYLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 330] NKNQYLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 331] LRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 332] LAKNKNQYLRGFSKN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 333] TVLSPNDRNSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 334] QYLRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 335] GKAILTVLSPNDRNSYNLE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 336] RGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 337] NKNQYLRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 338] ASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 339] ASSNLNLLGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 340] LAKNKNQYLRGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 341] RGDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 342] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITASSN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 343] VQRYEARLSPGD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 344] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAIT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 345] RGDTIKLPAGTTSYLVNQDDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 346] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 347] GALMLPHYNSRAIVVLLVNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 348] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITASS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 349] LSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITASSNLNLLGFGINAENNER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 350] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITAS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 351] LSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITASSNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 352] ARLSPGDVVIIPAGHPVAITA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 353] HGPVEMPYTLLYPSSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 354] LDALEPDNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 355] DALEPDNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 356] HGSLHKNAMFVPHYNLNANSIIYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 357] LAGTSSVINNLPLDVVAATF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 358] FREGDIIAVPTGIVFW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 359] GTSSVINNLPLDVVAATFNLQRNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 360] KGAIVKVKGGLSIISPPE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 361] RLAGTSSVINNLPLD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 362] AGTSSVINNLPLDVVAATFNLQRNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 363] AGTSSVINNLPL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 364] LAGTSSVINNLPLDVVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 365] AGTSSVINNLPLDV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 366] AGRIKTVTSLDLPVLRW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 367] AGRIKTVTSLDLPVLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 368] FREGDIIAVPTGIVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 369] AGTSSVINNLPLD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 370] LAGTSSVINNLPL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 371] LAGTSSVINNLPLDVV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 372] EGDIIAVPTGIVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 373] LAGTSSVINNLPLDV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 374] AGRALTVPQNYAVAAKSLSD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 375] AGRALTVPQNYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 376] LAGTSSVINNLPLD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 377] RAGIARLAGTSSVINNLPLDVVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 378] RASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 379] VTVNEGKGDFEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 380] VRASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 381] VRASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 382] HPVAVRASSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 383] TKNQVQSYKAKLTPGD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 384] HPVAVRASSNLNLLG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 385] KAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 386] DLTFPGSAQEVDRLLENQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 387] PAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 388] AKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 389] SYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 390] LTPGDVFVIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 391] VQSYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 392] YKAKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 393] FVIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 394] YKAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 395] DLTFPGSAQEVDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 396] AKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 397] LTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 398] SYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 399] SYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 400] VIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 401] QVQSYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 402] AKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 403] HPVAVRASSNLNLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 404] YKAKLTPGDVFVIPAGHPVAVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 405] TKNQVQSYKAKLTPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 406] PFNLKSSDPIYS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 407] IEKILLEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 408] SRSEPFNLKSSDPIYS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 409] HPVAVRASSNLNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 410] TLFLPQYTDADFILVVLSGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 411] NWENVLLGLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 412] YDQYKDAWDTSVVAEIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 413] SSFDFIDGYDTPVEGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 414] GPDTGVDYKDNQM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 415] ILNLNNNPYFK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 416] VVGTPAYEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 417] IDGYDTPVEGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 418] VVGTPAYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 419] IYGPDTGVDYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 420] VAGSAPGIEGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 421] IYGPDTGVDYKDNQMR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 422] VVGTPAYEEMVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 423] DFIDGYDTPVEGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 424] LGLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 425] FNAPLAHLIMAGADVLAVPSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 426] LGLGVAGSAPGIEGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 427] LGLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 428] VLTVSPYYAEELISGIAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 429] EALQAEAGLPVDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 430] LGLGVAGSAPGIEGD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 431] IMAGADVLAVPSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 432] GLGVAGSAPGIEGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 433] EALQAEAGLPVDRK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 434] TGGLGDVLGGLPPAMAANGHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 435] LEEQKGPDVMA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 436] LGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 437] GLGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 438] TGGLGDVLGGLPPAM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 439] NVLLGLGVAGSAPGIEGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 440] TVFDGVLRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 441] RLQSQNDQRGEIIHVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 442] EGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 443] GYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 444] EEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 445] YYGGEGSSSEQGYYGEGSSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 446] YGGEGSSSEQGYYGEGSSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 447] SSEEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 448] SEEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 449] QGYYGEGSSEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 450] YGGEGSSSEQGYYGEGSSEEGY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 451] YGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 452] YYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 453] SYEESMPMPLEQGWSSSSSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 454] YYGEGSSEEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 455] QQQQPGMTRV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 456] GEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 457] SYEESMPMPLEQGWSSSSSEY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 458] YYGGEGSSSEQGYYGEGSSEEGY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 459] YGEQQQQPGMTRVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 460] GEGSSEEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 461] YGEGSSEEGYYGEQQQQPGMTR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 462] QQQQPGMTRVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 463] QYAAQLPSMCRVEPQQCSIFAAGQY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 464] TVFNGVLRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 465] TVFNGVLRPGQLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 466] SGFNNELLSEALGVNALVAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 467] NGVLRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 468] ALVAKRLQGQNDQRGEI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 469] VPRYSNTPGM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 470] PRYSNTPGMV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 471] YSNTPGMVY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 472] LVPRYSNTPGM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 473] FYNEGDAPVV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 474] FYNEGDAPVVAL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 475] FEPLRRVRSEAGVTE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 476] FYNEGDAPVVALY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 477] FYNEGDAPVVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 478] EVEERSQNIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 479] VEERSQNIFSGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 480] ASLQEQEQGQVQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 481] QEQEQGQVQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 482] ASLQEQEQGQVQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 483] EVEERSQNIFSGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 484] VTDLNNGANQLDPRQRD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 485] VEHGLSLLQPYASL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 486] IYVTDLNNGANQLDPRQRDFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 487] VTDLNNGANQLDPRQRDFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 488] VEHGLSLLQPYASLQEQEQGQVQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 489] VTDLNNGANQLDPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 490] IYVTDLNNGANQLDPRQRD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 491] YVTDLNNGANQLDPRQRDFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 492] YVTDLNNGANQLDPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 493] STELLSEALGVSSQVAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 494] HGLSLLQPYASLQEQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 495] SGFSTELLSEALGVSSQVAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 496] GAFTPLQYKSYQD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 497] GLLLPHYTNGASLVY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 498] FLLAGNKRNPQAYRRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 499] ALPTDVLANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 500] DFLLAGNK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 501] DVLANAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 502] GAFTPLQYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 503] QGDVIALPAGVAHW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 504] FGAFTPLQYKSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 505] FLLAGNKRNPQAYR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 506] FGAFTPLQYKSYQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 507] GLSLLQPYASLQEQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 508] AFTPLQYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 509] FGAFTPLQYKSYQD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 510] GDEFGAFTPLQYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 511] FGAFTPLQYKSYQDV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 512] FGAFTPLQYK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 513] FGAFTPLQYKS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 514] VYIIQGRGITGPTF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 515] YIIQGRGITGPTF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 516] KTNPNSMVSHIAGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 517] TNPNSMVSHIAGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 518] PNSMVSHIAGKS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 519] NIDNPNRADTYNPRAGRVTN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 520] QRDFLLAGNKR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 521] LLQPYASLQEQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 522] QRDFLLAGNK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 523] QEQEQGQMQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 524] SLLQPYASLQEQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 525] ASLQEQEQGQM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 526] ASLQEQEQGQMQSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 527] DFLLAGNKR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 528] QAFEPIRSVRSQAGTTEF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 529] KTNPNSMVSHIAGKSSIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 530] VRRVIEPRGLLLPHYTNGASL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 531] FGAFTPLQYKSYQDVYN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 532] IALPAGVAHW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 533] RVRQNIDNPNRADTYNPRAGRVTNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 534] NIDNPNRADTYNPRAGRVTNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 535] GAFTPLQYKSYQDVYN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 536] PNSMVSHIAGKSSIFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 537] RLQAFEPIRSVRSQAGTTE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 538] TNPNSMVSHIAGKSSIFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 539] ELGAPDVGHPM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 540] LGAPDVGHPM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 541] ELGAPDVGHPMSEVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 542] ELGAPDVGHPMS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 543] ELGAPDVGHPMSEVFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 544] ELGAPDVGHPMSEV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 545] ELGAPDVGHPMSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 546] LGAPDVGHPMSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 547] YRELGAPDVGHPMSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 548] LGAPDVGHPMSEV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 549] RELGAPDVGHPMSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 550] APTGTFIASGVVVGKD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 551] LAIVKFSPNEQNKHIGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 552] RHQITDTTNGHYAPVTYIQVE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 553] GDLAIVKFSPNEQNKHIGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 554] NPDNPDNPNNPDNPNNPD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 555] VLDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 556] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 557] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 558] VLDLAIPVNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 559] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 560] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 561] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 562] LDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 563] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 564] LAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLSGNQNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 565] SFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 566] GSLLLPHYN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 567] GSLLLPHYNS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 568] SSNLDLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 569] AFDLAKNKNQYLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 570] QYLRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 571] NLLGFGINAE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 572] SNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 573] LAKNKNQYLRGFSKN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 574] LAKNKNQYLRGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 575] LRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 576] YSNKFGKLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 577] AFDLAKNKNQYLRGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 578] AFDLAKNKNQYLRGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 579] NKNQYLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 580] NKNQYLRGFSKNILE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 581] SSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 582] EYSNKFGKLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 583] ASSNLNLLG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 584] LNLLGFGI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 585] NKFGKLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 586] VQPGRERWEREEDEEQVDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 587] RERWEREEDEEQVDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 588] ASSNLNLLGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 589] LAKNKNQYLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 590] ELLGLKNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 591] ASSNLNLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 592] YPQLQDLDL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 593] LLGLKNEQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 594] LVVLSGKAIL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 595] YDATTAIEAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 596] NGLQLLKPTL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 597] GLQLLKPTL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 598] GVLRPGQLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 599] DGVLRPGQLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 600] LQLLKPTLTQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 601] FLLAGNNNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 602] EFLLAGNNNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 603] FLLAGNNNRAQQQQVYGSSIE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 604] FLLAGNNNRAQQQQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 605] FLLAGNNNRAQQQQVYG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 606] FLLAGNNNRAQQQQVY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 607] FQQQYYPGLSNESESETSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 608] LSEALGVNAL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 609] LRPAFAQQQEQAQQQEQA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 610] LRPAFAQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 611] LRPAFAQQQEQAQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 612] HGLSLLQPYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 613] HGLSLLQPYASL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 614] HGLSLLQPY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 615] GSLLLPHYN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 616] GSLLLPHYNS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 617] SSNLDLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 618] ELLGLKNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 619] SNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 620] ASSNLNLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 621] YPQLQDLDL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 622] SSNLNLLGFG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 623] ASSNLNLLG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 624] LLGLKNEQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 625] LVVLSGKAIL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 626] LNLLGFGI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 627] ASSNLNLLGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 628] LQNYRLLE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 629] LLSGTQNQPSLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 630] LLLPNYNSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 631] NLQNYRLLE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 632] GSLLLPNYNS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 633] NLQNYRLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 634] NGLQLLKPTL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 635] GLQLLKPTL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 636] GVLRPGQLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 637] DGVLRPGQLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 638] LQLLKPTLTQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 639] LSEALGVNAL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 640] LNSQKFPILNLVQLSATR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 641] HGLSLLQPYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 642] HGLSLLQPYASL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 643] HGLSLLQPY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 644] DKIILGPK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 645] DRKRRQQGEETDAIVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 646] IGINGFGRIGRLVAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 647] ILNRGHKIKGTVVL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 648] INGFGRIGRLVAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 649] KKNEPWWPK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 650] LLLLGIIFLASVV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 651] RLLQKFDQRSKIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 652] TIKSRFPLLLLLG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 653] TKAVKNTVGRAL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 654] VIVKLSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 655] HSPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 656] HWF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 657] IFEDAITIPGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 658] ELTFPGSVQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 659] ELTFPGSVQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 660] DSINALEPDHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 661] LDALEPDNRIESE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 662] EEGIQLVAEAIR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 663] TFAEETWGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 664] LVSHPIAAHEGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 665] NLAQAPAQALL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 666] ILVDGSHDIER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 667] LDVTPLSLGL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 668] WTIVQGLPIDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 669] KTLDYWPSLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 670] RHGEWGPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 671] HMPP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 672] HMPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 673] MPPSS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 674] PRRF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 675] FHMP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 676] NNPF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 677] FWM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 678] PHMP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 679] FHMPP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 680] HMPSS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 681] HRRS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 682] MPPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 683] MPRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 684] PHMPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 685] HGGEGGRPY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 686] GYPMYPLPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 687] LQQAPPPPQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 688] VGWGEQPWSPY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 689] HPRPPKPDAPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 690] FWN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 691] MRFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 692] WHT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 693] FRRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 694] HRFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 695] MFRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 696] MFRRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 697] NMPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 698] WMK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 699] YSLKPLVPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 700] PVEMPTLLYPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 701] QSFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 702] SLTLEDVPNHGTIR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 703] LSLTDLK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 704] THPMNFLNER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 705] LGLSPQDALK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 706] TRPPVPSTIPTK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 707] RGPQQYAEWQINE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 708] GIARLAGTSSVIN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 709] YLRGFS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 710] LRGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 711] GALMLPHYNSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 712] GALMLPHYN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 713] RSQNIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 714] GHPM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 715] WDP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 716] WHN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 717] PMPL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 718] HNPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 719] HPSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 720] PNSM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 721] HPMS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 722] MPMP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 723] VFDGVLRPG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 724] RLQSQNDQRG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 725] LQSQND PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 726] LEPDNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 727] QSQNDQRGEIIHVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 728] RGEIIHVK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 729] RLQSQNDQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 730] RLQSQNDQRGEIIH PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 731] LQSQNDQRGEI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 732] FLPQHTD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 733] PQQYAEWQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 734] QSFLLSGNQNQQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 735] QSFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 736] PGQLQSFLLSGN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 737] PGQLQSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 738] QLQSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 739] QNQQNYLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 740] GPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 741] RGPQQYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 742] EWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 743] GKIKIGINGFGRIGRLVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 744] MMAP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 745] MAPH PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 746] ERGVLY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 747] RVLNGL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 748] SLLSGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 749] LLSGED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 750] LSGEDA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 751] HRHA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 752] SRAIVIVTVNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 753] AKLTPGDV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 754] IVIVTVNEGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 755] LDALEPDNRIESEGGL (also in P02857) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 756] RPYYSNAPQE (also in P02857) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 757] LDALEPDNRIESEGGLIETWNPNNK (also in P02857) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 758] AIVIVTVNEGK (also in P13918) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 759] LQVVNCNGNTVFDGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 760] QVVNCNGNTVFDGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 761] IIAVPTGIVF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 762] GRRYRDRHQKVNRFRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 763] RPYYSNAPQEI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 764] RLDALEPDNRIE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 765] RLDALEPDNRIESE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 766] LDALEPDNRIESEGGLIETW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 767] LDALEPDNRIE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 768] LDALEPDNRIESEGGLIE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 769] LDALEPDNRIESEGGL (also in P02855) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 770] RPYYSNAPQE (also in P02857) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 771] LDALEPDNRIESEGGLIETWNPNNK (also in P02855) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 772] VEHGLSLLQPYASLQEQEQGQVQSRER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 773] RSQNIFSGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 774] GITGPTFPGCPESY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 775] CNGS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 776] SPREC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 777] PREC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 778] PRECR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 779] CPES PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 780] SGCS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 781] CSNG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 782] RSQNIFSGFSTE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 783] VEEWSQNIFSGFST PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 784] WSQNIFSGFSTEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 785] WSQNIFSGFSTE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 786] STSQWQSSRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 787] NRPI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 788] CDGS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 789] PRGC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 790] PRGCR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 791] RGCR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 792] GCRF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 793] PTFP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 794] PGCPE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 795] GCPE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 796] CPET PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 797] AHWC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 798] HWCY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 799] SGCP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 800] SGCPN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 801] GCPN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 802] CPNG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 803] TFCTM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 804] FCTM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 805] FCTMR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 806] CTMR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 807] EGCA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 808] SQNIFSGFSTELL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 809] SQNIFSGFSTE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 810] QNDQRGEIVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 811] SQNIFSGFSTEL (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 812] QLQCQNDQRGEI (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 813] LGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 814] QQLLGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 815] LLGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 816] NDQRGEIVR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 817] GQSTSQWQSSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 818] STSQWQSSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 819] GITGPTFPGCPET PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 820] GITGPTFPGCPETY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 821] SQNIFSGFSTEL (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 822] QLQCQNDQRGEI (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 823] LGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 824] QQLLGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 825] LLGQSTSQWQSSR (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 826] IFFANQTYL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 827] EHLEPNLEGLTVEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 828] IFFANQTYLPSETPAPLVHYREEELNNLRGDGTGER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 829] IHFEWDDDMGIPGAFYIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 830] IFFANQTYLPSETPAPLVHYREEELNNLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 831] TEQALPADLIK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 832] EHLEPNLEGLTVEEAIQNKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 833] ISKEHLEPNLEGLTVEEAIQNKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 834] LSLPHPQGDEHGAVSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 835] ISKEHLEPNLEGLTVEEAIQNK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 836] EHLEPNLEGLTVEEAIQNK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 837] LSTTGGNSGSPVFNEKNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 838] QSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 839] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 840] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQSFL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 841] FLLSGNQNQQNYLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 842] FLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 843] DPQNPFIFKSNKFQTLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 844] ELAFPGSAQEVDRILENQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 845] AIVIVTVNEGK (also in P02855) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 846] INAVAAKRLQSQNDQRGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 847] NRAQQQQVYGSSIE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 848] PSTNPWHSPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 849] CHGS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 850] CHGSM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 851] PWHS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 852] FREC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 853] RECR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 854] ECRF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 855] CRFD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 856] CRFDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 857] CTGT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 858] FPGC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 859] FPGCP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 860] PGCP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 861] PGCPA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 862] PGCPAT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 863] GCPA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 864] CPAT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 865] ENFC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 866] NFCT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 867] NFCTI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 868] FCTI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 869] AQQQQVYGSSIEQH PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 870] AQQQQVYGSSIEQHSGQNIFSGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 871] AAKRLQSQNDQRGE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 872] QARSLKNNRGEE (also in P14614) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 873] FNPSTNPWHSPRQGS (also in Q0DEV5) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 874] QARSLKNNRGEE (also in P14323) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 875] AAASLPAFCNVDIPNGGGGVCYWLAR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 876] VAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 877] LGVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAKEN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 878] GSAPGIEGDEIAPLAKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 879] VAGSAPGIEGDEIAP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 880] GVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 881] GVAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAKEN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 882] VAGSAPGIEGDEIAPLAKEN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 883] SAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 884] GSAPGIEGDEIAPLAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 885] SAPGIEGDEIAPLAKEN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 886] FNPSTNPWHSPRQGS (also in P14323) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 887] VDLVIPVNGPGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 888] LVDLVIPVNGPGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 889] IKLPAGTTSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 890] IKLPAGTTSYL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 891] RRNPFLFKSNKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 892] IENPVKELTFPGSVQEINR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 893] RRNPFLFKSNKFLT PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 894] AKPHTIFLPQHIDA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 895] AKPHTIFLPQHIDAD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 896] KQKYRYQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 897] KQKYQYQRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 898] MLPH PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 899] RRNPFLFKSNKFLTLFENE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 900] PFLFKSNKFLTLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 901] SQERRNPFLFKSNKFLTLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 902] RRNPFLFKSNKFLTLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 903] SQERRNPFLFKSNKFLTLFENE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 904] LTFPGSVQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 905] ELTFPGSVQEINR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 906] KNPQLQDLDI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 907] GQSTSQWQSSR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 908] QSTSQWQSSR (also in P07728) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 909] QSTSQWQSSR (also in P07730) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 910] EEEEQGEEEINK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 911] PSTNPWHSPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 912] AQAQDQYQQVQYSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 913] SEAGVTEYFDEKNELFQCTGTFVIRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 914] QAQAQDQYQQVQYSE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 915] GSMGLTFPGCPAT (also in P14614) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 916] GSMGLTFPGCPATY (also in P14614) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 917] LGAFTPRY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 918] LGAFTPRYQQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 919] ALGVNALVAKRLQGQN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 920] LGAFTPRYQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 921] GSMGLTFPGCPAT (also in P14323) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 922] GSMGLTFPGCPATY (also in P14323) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 923] SNNPFKFLVPARQS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 924] CAGVFVIRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 925] GSPLQSPRGF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 926] RSSWQQQSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 927] SFGGSPLQSPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 928] YLPTKQLQPTW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 929] GKPRSSWQQQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 930] FGGSPLQSPRG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 931] LNLLGFGINAENNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 932] SGPFNLRSRNPIYSNKFGKFFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 933] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 934] GHIRLLQKFDKRSKIFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 935] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAGHP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 936] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAGHPV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 937] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAGHPVA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 938] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAGHPVAI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 939] TSKQVQLYKAKLSPGDVFVIPAGHPVAIN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 940] KFKDEHQKIHRFRQGDVIALPAGVAHW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 941] KFKDEHQKIHRFRQGDVIALPAGVAHWC PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 942] KFKDEHQKIHRFRQGDVIALPAGVAHWCY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 943] SPFWNINAHSVVYITQGRARVQVVNNNGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 944] QKIHRFRQGDVIALPAGVAHW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 945] VVRRVIEPRGLLLPHYTNG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 946] VRRVIEPRGLLLPHYTNG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 947] IRLLQKFDQRSKIFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 948] AVAAKRLQSQNDQRGEIIHVKNGLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 949] VAAKRLQSQNDQRGEIIHVKNGLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 950] TVFDGVLRPGQLLIIPQHYAVLKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 951] PSTNPWHSPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 952] NPSTNPWHSPRQGSFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 953] QLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 954] SMAQLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 955] QLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFRECRF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 956] CHGSMAQLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 957] CHGSMAQLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFRECRF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 958] LLLCHGSMAQLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 959] PSTNPWHSPRQGSFRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 960] PWHSPRQGSFRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 961] QLFNPSTNPWHSPRQGSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 962] RVIQPQGLLVPR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 963] FNPSTNPWHSPRQGSF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 964] FNPSTNPWHSPRQGS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 965] GPNVNPWHNPRQGGFRECR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 966] QLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 967] QLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFRECR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 968] SMAQLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 969] CHGSMAQLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 970] SMAQLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFRECR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 971] LLLCHGSMAQLFGPNVNPWHNPRQGGFR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 972] WRPSYEKEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 973] AKPHTIFLPQHIDADLILVVLSGKAILTVLSPNDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 974] PRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 975] PRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 976] PRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 977] PRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 978] GSEPRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 979] KRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 980] KKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 981] KKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 982] REKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 983] QREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 984] REKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 985] QREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 986] QYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 987] YQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 988] QYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 989] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 990] YQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 991] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 992] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 993] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 994] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 995] EEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 996] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 997] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 998] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 999] EEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1000] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1001] PINLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1002] KRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1003] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1004] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1005] PRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1006] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1007] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1008] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1009] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1010] EEWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1011] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKRD PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1012] GSEPRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1013] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1014] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKRDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1015] GSEPRVPAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1016] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1017] EEWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKRDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1018] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHREERTKRDRR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1019] KEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1020] KEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1021] GEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1022] KEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1023] KEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1024] KRHGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1025] EEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1026] GEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1027] KEEKRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1028] KEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1029] EEKRHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1030] GEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1031] KEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1032] KEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1033] KKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1034] KEEKRHGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1035] KEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1036] RQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1037] GEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1038] GRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1039] KKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1040] REKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1041] RQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1042] GEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1043] GRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1044] KKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1045] QREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1046] RQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1047] ERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1048] GRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1049] REKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1050] ERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1051] QREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1052] QYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1053] REKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1054] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1055] RQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1056] ERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1057] GRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1058] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1059] QREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1060] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1061] RQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1062] YQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1063] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1064] PAQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1065] QYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1066] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1067] ERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1068] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1069] QYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1070] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1071] YQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1072] ERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1073] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1074] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1075] YQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1076] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1077] RERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1078] RHGEWRPSYEKQEDEEEKQKYRYQR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1079] EEEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1080] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1081] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1082] EEEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1083] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1084] QKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1085] RHGEWRPSYEKQEDEEEKQKYRYQREK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1086] EEEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1087] EEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1088] GQRERGRQEGEKEEKRHGEWRPSYEKQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1089] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1090] PSEFEPINLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1091] EEEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1092] KEDEEEKQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1093] KQKYQYQREKKEQKEVQPGRERWEREEDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1094] LPSEFEPINLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1095] EEKRHGEWRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1096] KEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1097] QKEVQPGRERW PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1098] EEKRHGEWRPSY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1099] RHGEWRPSYEKQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1100] KEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1101] RHGEWRPSYEKQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1102] QKEVQPGRERWERE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1103] KKSLPSEFEPINLRSHKP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1104] EWRGSQRREDPEERARLRHR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1105] SSKKSLPSEFEPINLRSHKP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1106] KPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1107] SSSKKSLPSEFEPINLRSHKP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1108] HKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1109] AKSSSKKSLPSEFEPINLRSHKP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1110] INLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1111] AKSSSKKSLPSEFEPINLRSHKPEYSNKF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1112] RRNPFLFKSNKFLTLFE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1113] PINLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYPQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1114] KPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYPQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1115] HKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYPQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1116] SHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKKYPQLQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1117] FEPINLRSHKPEYSNKFGKLFEITPEKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1118] MASINRPIVFFTVCLFLLCNGSLA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1119] FLLAGNKRNPQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1120] FLLAGNKRN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1121] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLQSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1122] QSFLLSGNQNQQNYLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1123] RLSSV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1124] QKEFLLAGNNNR (also in P14614) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1125] LLRPAFAQQQEQAQQQEQA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1126] VKNGLKLLRPAF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1127] FLLAGNNNRE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1128] GLKLLRPAFAQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1129] LKLLRPAFAQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1130] LLRPAFAQQQE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1131] QKEFLLAGNNNR (also in P14323) PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID 1132] LRGFSKN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1133] ILDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1134] VLELAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1135] VLDLAVPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1136] VLDLAIPINRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1137] VLDLAIPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1138] VLDLAIPVEKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1139] VLDLAIPVNKPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1140] ILELAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1141] ILDLAVPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1142] VLELAVPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1143] VLELAIPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1144] ILDLAIPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1145] VLDLAVPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1146] VLDLAIPVEKPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1147] ILDLAIPVNKPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1148] VLELAIPVEKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1149] ILELAVPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1150] ILELAIPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1151] VLELAVPVNKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1152] ILELAIPVNRPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1153] ILDLAIPVNKPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1154] VLDLAVPVEKPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1155] VLDLAVPVERPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1156] VLELAIPVERPGEL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1157] KLDLAIIVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1158] VLDLAIPVNRPGQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1159] VLDLAIPVNRPCQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1160] VLDLWIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1161] VLDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1162] VLYLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1163] VLDLYIPVGRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1164] VKDLAIPWNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1165] VLDLAIPVNRPCCL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1166] VLDLAGGVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1167] VLDLAIPKNEPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1168] PLDLAIPVNDPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1169] VLDLAIPVNRPIQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1170] VLDHAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1171] VLDLAIPVNRPGGG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1172] VLDLHIPGNEPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1173] VYKLAIPVNEPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1174] VLDLAIPVNRPYPG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1175] VLDYAIPKNDPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1176] RRRLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1177] VLDLAIGVNRGPQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1178] VLDLAIPVNRPGFQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1179] VLDLADIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1180] VLDLAIPVGNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1181] VLQQDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1182] VLDLAIPVNRGPGQKL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1183] VLDGLPLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1184] VLDLAIPVNRPGQLLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1185] VLDLFLGAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1186] VLDLAIPVNRGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1187] VLDLAPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1188] LDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1189] VLDLAIPVNRPGQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1190] DLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1191] VLDLAIPVNRPG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1192] VLDLAINRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1193] VLDAIVNPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1194] RGPQQYAEWQINER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1195] RGPQQYAEWQINDK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1196] RGPQQFAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1197] KGPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1198] RGPEQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1199] RGPQEYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1200] RGPQQYADWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1201] RGPQQYAEYQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1202] KGPEQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1203] KGPQEYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1204] KGPQQFAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1205] RGPEQFAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1206] KGPQQYAEWQINER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1207] RGPQQYAEWQINDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1208] RGPQQYADWQINDK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1209] RGPQQFAEWQINER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1210] RGPQQYAEWQVNEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1211] RGPQQFAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1212] KGPQQFAEWQINER PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1213] KGPQQFAEWQVNEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1214] RGPQQFAEWQVNDK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1215] RGPQQYADWQINDR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1216] KGPQQYADWQINDK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1217] RGPQQFADYQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1218] RGPQQYARWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1219] RGPQQYAEWQINEE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1220] HGPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1221] RGPYQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1222] RGPQQYMEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1223] RGPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1224] RGPQQYAEWCINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1225] RGPQPYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1226] RGGQQYAEWQINED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1227] RGPQQYARWKINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1228] RGGQQYAETQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1229] RGPLQYAEWQNNEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1230] EGPQQYAEWQINED PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1231] RGPQQYAEWQINLL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1232] RGPQQGGEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1233] RGPQQYAEWQIGGG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1234] RGPQQKYEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1235] RGPQAQYEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1236] RPHQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1237] RGPQHHHEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1238] RGPPQYAPPQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1239] RGPQCYYEWCINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1240] RGPTQYAEGQINEG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1241] RGPQQYAEWQINEKG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1242] RGPQQYAEWQINEKY PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1243] RGPQQYAFTEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1244] RGPQSQYAEWQINEKPM PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1245] RGPQQYAEWQINEKKK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1246] RRRRGPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1247] RGPQQYAEWQINE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1248] RGPQQYAEWQIN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1249] RGPQQYAEWQI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1250] GPQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1251] PQQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1252] QQYAEWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1253] QQYAEWQI PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1254] PQQYAEWQINE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1255] PQQYAEWQIN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1256] RGPQQYA PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1257] EWQINEK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1258] QSFILSGNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1259] ESFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1260] QSYLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1261] QSFLLSGDQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1262] QSYLLSGNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1263] ESFLLSGNE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1264] ESYLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1265] QSFLLSGDE PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1266] QSYLLSGDQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1267] QSFRLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1268] QSFLLSYNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1269] QFFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1270] QSFLLSGAQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1271] QSFLLSGNP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1272] QSFRRSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1273] QSFLLSYIQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1274] QFFLLSGNL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1275] QSFLLSGAQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1276] QSFLLSGNP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1277] QSFLLSGNQQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1278] QSFLLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1279] AQSFGLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1280] RQSFLLISGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1281] QSFLLSGNQK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1282] QFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1283] SFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1284] QSFLLSGN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1285] QSFLLGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1286] QSFLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1287] QSLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1288] VLDLAIPVNRPGQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1289] VLDLAIPVNRPG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1290] VLDLAIPVNRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1291] LDLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1292] DLAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1293] LAIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1294] LDLAIPVNRPGQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1295] DLAIPVNRPG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1296] LAIPVNRP PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1297] VLDLAIPVN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1298] AIPVNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1299] VNRPGQL PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1300] VLDLAIPV PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1301] VLDLAIPVNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1302] QSFLLSGN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1303] QSFLLSG PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1304] QSFLLS PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1305] SFLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1306] FLLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1307] LLSGNQ PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1308] SFLLSGN PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1309] DTFYNAAWDPSNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1310] ALDWAIANLLR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1311] YDYENVDAGAAK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1312] EVQDSPLDACR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1313] ITSVNSQKFPILNLIQMSATR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1314] SRVQVVSNFGK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1315] VLDLAIPVNKPGQLQSFLLSGTQNQPSLLSGFSK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1316] NAMFVPHYNLNANSIIYALKGR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1317] LRPGVMFVVPAGHPFVNIASK PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1318] GLFDLGHPLVNR PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1319] RPYYSNAPQEIF PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1320] VLLEQQEQEPQH PEPTIDE: [SEQ ID NO: 1321] QQYGIAASPFLQSAA 

1. A man made composition comprising a plurality of peptides, in which at least one of the peptides includes SEQUENCE ID NO 555 and another of the peptides includes SEQUENCE ID NO:
 701. 2. A man-made composition according to claim 1 in which the peptides are selected from SEQUENCE ID NO 555 and SEQUENCE IS NO:
 701. 3. A man-made composition according to claim 1 including a further peptide that comprises a sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO's 5, 23, 22, 38, 39, 21, 258, 242, 261, 211, 222, 249, 235, 295, 283, 284, and
 216. 4. A man-made composition according to claim 1 including peptides comprising SEQUENCE ID NO's 5, 23, 22, 38, 39, 21, 258, 242, 261, 211, 222, 249, 235, 295, 283, 284, and
 216. 5. A man-made composition according to claim 1 including peptides of SEQUENCE ID NO's 5, 23, 22, 38, 39, 21, 258, 242, 261, 211, 222, 249, 235, 295, 283, 284, and
 216. 6. A man-made composition according to claim 1 that is enriched in peptides having a molecular weight of less than 10 kD.
 7. A man-made composition according to claim 1 that is a powder.
 8. A man-made composition according to claim 1 that is a liquid or cream, in which the liquid or cream has a PH of 6-8.
 9. A food product comprising a composition of claim
 1. 10. A man-made composition according to claim 1 that is a dietary supplement.
 11. A method of treating inflammation in a mammal comprising a step of topically or orally administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition of claim 1 to the mammal.
 12. A method of preventing ageing of skin in a mammal, comprising a step of topically administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition of claim 1 to the skin of the mammal.
 13. A method of preventing growth of bacteria on a surface comprising a step of contacting the surface with the composition of claim
 1. 14. An isolated peptide having 6 to 50 amino acids and comprising a sequence selected from SEQUENCE ID NO: 5, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39, 40, 41 and
 74. 15. An isolated peptide according to claim 14 selected from SEQUENCE ID NO: 5, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39, 40, 41 and
 74. 16. An isolated peptide according to claim 14, which is a modified peptide, in which the modification is configured to increase the blood plasma half-life of the modified peptide relative to the unmodified peptide; the lipophilicity of the modified peptide relative to the unmodified peptide, or the stability of the modified peptide relative to the unmodified peptide.
 17. A conjugate comprising an isolated peptide of claim 14 conjugated to a binding partner. 